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Ken Paxton: “It's affecting, obviously, our border communities are…”

Featuring: Ken Paxton, Republican | Attorney General of Texas

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Tucker Carlson Interviews Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton

Published | Video Starts at 21:57

Republicans in Texas, are they aware of that? I think it's probably the number one issue, other than maybe voter fraud. I think that's probably right up there with that issue. It's affecting, obviously, our border communities are devastated. You have towns that have 36,000 people. You got more than that, more illegals coming through there than people that live there. So it's definitely. I don't understand. If you're John Cornyn, who's your senator, and you live in Texas, or at least part time live in Texas, how can you not be outraged and upset about that? (21:57–22:07)

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Asserts that illegal immigration has devastated Texas border communities, with more illegal immigrants than residents in some towns.

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