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Shelley Moore Capito: “My state of West Virginia was freaking hollowed out by NAFTA…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Capito Joins Mornings with Maria on FOX Business

Published | Video Starts at 05:11

I think we're going to get a nod probably when we see the oral arguments on Wednesday as to what the Supreme Court is thinking. Quite honestly, I support the president advantaging the American worker with reciprocal trade. I mean, My state of West Virginia was freaking hollowed out by NAFTA and other trade agreements. And so where we were disadvantaged and we lost a lot of industry and a lot of jobs, I want to see that back to an equilibrium, and that's what … (05:11–05:19)

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Asserts that NAFTA and other trade agreements negatively impacted West Virginia.

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