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Mike Garcia: “Our population was roughly 30 million. Just shy of 30…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 1:25:50

Okay? At the time, our population, this is probably more than that, probably 2025 years ago now, at the time, Our population was roughly 30 million. Just shy of 30 million people stayed. We are now around 40 million. So that proposition was basically rejected by the people. And the argument that some folks made was that we didn't want to become a prison state, becoming a prison state. (1:25:50–1:25:58)

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Asserts that California's population has grown from about 30 million to around 40 million.

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