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Mike Johnson: “There are sleeper cells almost certainly surrounding the…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Joins the Scott Jennings Show

Published | Video Starts at 03:38

You could have had dozens of people die there. You've got, you had a terrorist event on Sunday. Another part of the country, DHS is, has the alarm bells going. Hey, look out. There are sleeper cells almost certainly surrounding the country and in the country because the border was wide open for four years. So we have to take this very seriously. And they are not only shutting down the very agencies required to keep us safe, but also to respond to national disasters like FEMA and, you know, the Coast Guard. (03:38–03:45)

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Asserts that sleeper cells are likely present in the U.S. due to an open border policy.

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