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John James: “We had relative peace in the Middle East back when Donald…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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Published April 7, 2024 | Video Starts at 16:22

Again, let's stay with Donald Trump. Okay, well, how about this? How about this? You mentioned the world and what's going on right now. We had relative peace in the Middle East back when Donald Trump was in office. That's a fact. We had relative police in the Middle east. We were taking out terrorists who did bad things to Americans and our allies. (16:22–16:27)

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Asserts that there was relative peace in the Middle East during Donald Trump's presidency.

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“President Biden has been soft on Iran and it's led to destabilizing the entire region.”
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“There must be no daylight between [the alliance of] Israel and the United States.”
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“The right answer is to first secure our border and also to keep our promises to our allies.”
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“Being able to do both [secure the border and keep promises to allies] is great for our country domestically and on the global stage.”
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“Joe Biden has acted to make our border less secure 60 times since he's taken office.”
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“Twelve times Bill Clinton acted to secure the border, 19 times Obama acted to secure the border.”
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“That's 31 times out of the 66 times in my lifetime since 1981.”
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“The Immigration Naturalization Act was passed in 1952.”
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“That's 9 million that's gotten over illegally.”
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“That's 110,000 people who've died of fentanyl overdoses.”
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“That's 1.6 billion people [dollars] when I visited the Del Rio sector, that we learned are going to the cartels each and every single year.”
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“Over 500 people who are on the terror watch list who've crossed over into this country, 84% are crossing on the northern border.”
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“Hr two passed last spring. That's the secure the Border act.”
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“I've gotten four bills passed through the House as a freshman the first year, gotten four bills passed through subcommittee just this year…”
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“Prop three passed in 2022.”
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“Abortion is enshrined in our constitution.”
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“Joe Biden has caused an inflation crisis that's jacked up the price of energy.”
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“We moved the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.”
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