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Mike Johnson: “They lost hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors in…”

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

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Fentanyl alone is the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. And that's flowed open the border. Human trafficking, all of the atrocities. They lost hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied minors in the system somewhere to traffickers. All of it they allowed, they turned the other way. They could have sealed that border any moment. The president had the authority, and I asked him personally on multiple occasions. (15:02–15:08)

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