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Trent Franks: “The border would be secure right now if we had a different…”

Featuring: Trent Franks, Conservative | Former U.S. House, Arizona's 8th District

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Protecting the Energy Future with Former Congressman Trent Franks

Published | Video Starts at 18:54

But the Democrat presidents have simply ignored the legislation like they do border control. I don't mean to shift gears, you know, do a border shift here on you, Stu. But The border would be secure right now if we had a different president, if we had Donald [Trump]. Absolutely. When I was in the, in the Congress I had sponsored the, the border control bill to build the border wall and Trump enforced that law and it was secure. (18:54–19:00)

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Asserts that the border would be secure under a different president, specifically Donald Trump.

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