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Patrick Morrisey: “We can afford this.”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Gov. Patrick Morrisey Holds Press Briefing About New Tax Cuts For West Virginia

Published | Video Starts at 21:20

Going to be more projects that will be worth billions and billions and billions of dollars. We're positioned really well. Let's not ruin it. We've been very fiscally responsible. We can afford this. Let's make sure that during an election year, people just don't have an appetite for spending. They have an appetite for doing the right thing. And that's returning more money back to the people. (21:20–21:22)

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