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Tucker Carlson: “Why would lawmakers in Maine and Augusta, the legislature…”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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Tucker Carlson on the Somali Invasion and the Self-Loathing Ideology Destroying America

Published | Video Starts at 39:39

That would be totally legal as long as they can manufacture the paper trail to not get caught in an audit. It'd be totally legal to do that here in the state of Maine. So Why would lawmakers in Maine and Augusta, the legislature, why would they design a system that made it easy, almost inevitable? This, the fraud, the theft of billions. For the Somali diaspora. It's clearly a way to become wealthy. You said in your monologue, Tucker, that they haven't been successful. I mean, I would disagree. (39:39–39:56)

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Implies that Maine lawmakers designed a system that facilitates fraud and theft of billions.

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