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Ron DeSantis: “Cartels can cut through [the border wall].”

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Published September 15, 2023 | Video Starts at 29:17

These guys are working on the base of the wall. I'm like, what are you doing? They're like, well, we're repairing. And I'm like, what happened? Cartels can cut through [the border wall]. I mean, these are big steel beams and they're cutting through, and yet they're being allowed to come in to our country. They got backpacks on with fentanyl and all this stuff. (29:17–29:20)

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