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Ron Johnson: “It cost us more not to complete the fence than actually…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Western Wisconsin Journal: Senate Candidate Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 09:16

That's the reality. So you had to secure the border like we had done the previous administration, finish building the fence. I mean, do you realize It cost us more not to complete the fence than actually completing it. That's tragic. That was so unbelievably stupid and destructive. So again, it's just tragic all the way around what happened under the Biden administration. So other ways of bringing our country together. (09:16–09:23)

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Asserts that not completing the border fence was more costly than finishing it.

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