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Riley Moore: “The Biden administration took that designation [country of…”

Featuring: Riley Moore, Republican | U.S. House West Virginia, District 2

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Rep. Moore Gives an Update on the Schumer Shutdown and the Persecution of Christians in Nigeria

Published | Video Starts at 06:44

So that designation as a country of particular concern, when you go back to the Trump administration's first term, they had designated Nigeria as a country of particular concern, and the murders had precipitously dropped. The Biden administration took that designation [country of particular concern] off, claiming that actually the killings were happening because of climate change and disputes over land. in that middle band territory. And that's why the Fulani Islamic terrorists were killing people, not because they were Christians, because of climate change. (06:44–06:57)

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Asserts that the Biden administration removed Nigeria's designation as a country of particular concern, attributing killings to climate change and land disputes.

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