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Jon Tester: “We had an opportunity to fix [the border issue] today, and…”

Featuring: Jon Tester, Democratic | Former U.S. Senate, Montana

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'Epitome of craziness': Sen. Tester torches GOP who stopped border deal for Trump

Published | Video Starts at 03:49

And we've had folks running all over our state and running all over the country. I've been down at the border. It's horrible. It's terrible. Well, let's fix it. We had an opportunity to fix [the border issue] today, and the same folks...voted against fixing it. folks, the same folks who were talking about what a horrible situation is on the border, and I agree. We need to fix it, voted against fixing it. Why? (03:49–04:01)

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Asserts that there was an opportunity to fix the border issue, but some voted against it.

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