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John Fetterman: “The border's a disaster. You know, when you start looking at…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 52:44

They're lying to us. It's the death of nuance, though. Like, you know, back in. All the. Way back in late 2023, I was saying to my fellow Dems, I mean, The border's a disaster. You know, when you start looking at the... it's close to 300,000 encounters... that's the size of Pittsburgh showing up every month. Pittsburgh, I'm like, that's the size of Pittsburgh showing up every month. That's unsustainable. That's out of control. That's true chaos. (52:44–53:03)

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Asserts that there are close to 300,000 encounters at the border monthly, equating to the population size of Pittsburgh.

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