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Mark Pocan: “Even then that 8 million, 2 1/2 million had already been…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Mark Pocan talks Democrats walking out of Trump's speech of lies.

Published | Video Starts at 23:02

They meant 8 million. They were a thousand times off. That was the entire budget for ICE was 8 billion. And then Even then that 8 million, 2 1/2 million had already been spent. They didn't even know that the next three items on their top five were the exact same item, just three different times in different worrying and they didn't realize that. (23:02–23:06)

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Asserts that $2.5 million of the reported $8 million savings had already been spent.

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