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Tim Sheehy: “You've had 18 years to work on [a balanced budget].”

Featuring: Tim Sheehy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Montana

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Tim Sheehy discusses his election run against Montana Senator Jon Tester

Published | Video Starts at 09:50

If you're so staunch on border security and such an effective senator, why is the border wide open? You know, if you want a balanced budget, why is it imbalanced? You've had 18 years to work on [a balanced budget]. it. If you want Keystone XL and energy production projects in Montana like Colstrip, like perhaps what would have been one of the largest economic bones for eastern Montana in history in the Keystone XL pipeline, why did you kill it? (09:50–09:52)

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Asserts that Jon Tester has had 18 years to work on a balanced budget.

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