Ruben Gallego: “Extremists in Congress and across the country quickly…”

“Today at the border, Democratic Congressman Ruben Gallego blamed extremists for blocking a bipartisan bill that would have funded border security, humanitarian relief, and reforms to the asylum process. Less than one day after this bill was announced, Extremists in Congress and across the country quickly mobilized to block the [bipartisan] package. Not because it was a bad bill, not because the bill didn't do everything they wanted in the package, not because the bill didn't do enough, but because of just pure politics.” (01:15–01:21)

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