Karoline Leavitt: “Truck drivers... should be speaking English and should have…”

“However, I will just reiterate, the Trump administration's position is that truck drivers, particularly those driving big rigs on our nation's road and highways, who have a great responsibility to keep the American public and their fellow citizens safe, Truck drivers... should be speaking English and should have an ability to read English proficiently. I think that's a very common sense policy to have. And we've unfortunately seen and the Department of Transportation has uncovered and is actively working to fix these state state …” (09:48–10:04)

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