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Tony Wied: “Our border was completely wide open. We don't know how many…”

Featuring: Tony Wied, Republican | U.S. House Wisconsin, District 8

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Capital City Sunday_ Tony Wied on President Trump's executive orders and Laken Riley Act

Published | Video Starts at 06:41

Well, it's, you know, we're in a difficult position right now, and President Trump is in a difficult position because we have to deal with the recklessness from the Biden administration. Our border was completely wide open. We don't know how many millions and millions of people have crossed our border. And so we have to secure it. You know, I think that's very important. And that's what the voters decided when they voted for President Trump. He won. (06:41–06:47)

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Asserts that the border was open under the Biden administration, leading to unknown numbers of crossings.

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