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Nicholas Begich: “If the federal government's not going to enforce the law…”

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 44:07

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. They're the border state. And like we just said, they gave a little bit of a taste to place like Martha's vineyard, to places like New York City, where, you … (44:07–44:13)

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Asserts that states should enforce laws if the federal government does not.

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