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Markwayne Mullin: “Democrat policies of open border, wanting to defund the Department of Homeland Security, wanted to get rid of…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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As I said before, that's a melting pot for criminal activity. Over that 20 million individuals that were released in this country, we've already located 2,168 known terrorists. Think about that. Because of the Democrat policies of open border, wanting to defund the Department of Homeland Security, wanted to get rid of ICE, wanted to have CBP defunded. You go, you allow those individuals in this country and you're okay with that. You can't explain that kind of behavior. There's 2,168 terrorists were at lease in this country, most of them underneath. (04:54–05:07)

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Asserts that Democrat policies include open borders and defunding DHS, ICE, and CBP.

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