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Shelley Moore Capito: “West Virginia, as you know, has been highly affected by the…”

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

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Capito Joins The Hill Sunday with Chris Stirewalt

Published | Video Starts at 07:18

That is not how national security decisions are supposed to be made. Okay, what do you say to Senator Warner's complaint and where are you on the question of Congressional authorization? Well, West Virginia, as you know, has been highly affected by the drug trafficking and fentanyl that has just flooded into this country and particularly in my state, has very much cost many lives and a lot of sorrow all across the state. So I support the President taking out narco terrorists in international waters which he's doing with the intelligence that he has and that they are gathering as we speak. Speak. (07:18–07:35)

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Asserts that drug trafficking and fentanyl have significantly impacted West Virginia, causing many deaths and sorrow.

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