You talk to him a lot? I talk to him a lot. And he has guts in a way that we have not seen among very many Republicans. And this is look, As a policy matter, birthright citizenship is stupid. It is a bad policy. Why? Because it incentivizes illegal immigration. It makes absolutely no sense that someone breaks the law and they get rewarded with a very, very precious gift, which is American citizenship. We see on the southern border. (02:53–03:03)
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