Markwayne Mullin: “President Trump was right when he tried to do it in his…”

“No, I mean, there is security checks, but not a deep dive in why you're here. But just because we're trying to diversify our immigration system is lunatic. And President Trump was right when he tried to do it in his first term. And unfortunately, it takes something like this to get Congress attention and to get the world's attention of how ridiculous this is. This isn't about racism. This is about securing the nation.” (01:00–01:04)

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