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Nicholas Begich: “I stand with Texas. I think what they're doing is asserting…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Thursday 3-7-24 - Candidate Nick Begich & Senator Mike Shower

Published | Video Starts at 43:55

And the people who have to live with those consequences are right there, seeing it day after day. What do you think about what Texas is doing? Well, I've said it publicly many times. I stand with Texas. I think what they're doing is asserting their state's sovereignty. as a state within the structure of our constitutional framework. And look, if the federal government's not going to enforce the law, the states have to be able to enforce the law. (43:55–44:03)

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Asserts support for Texas's actions as an assertion of state sovereignty.

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