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Wesley Hunt: “No judge, DA or liberal mayor should be able to usurp the…”

Featuring: Wesley Hunt, Republican | U.S. House, Texas, District 38

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Congressional Hearing on Sanctuary Cities and Immigration Policies

Published | Video Starts at 00:29

When violent gangs are taken over American cities like Chicago, that is an invading army. When you can't live peacefully in an apartment in Colorado, that is also an invading army. No judge, DA or liberal mayor should be able to usurp the power of our commander in chief, who was elected by 77 million Americans. And now the Supreme Court agrees. Since the Democrats do not like the result of the election, you would think that they will be focusing on the midterms coming up, but instead, they are engaging in a judicial coup d'etat. (00:29–00:37)

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Asserts that local officials should not override the president's authority, who was elected by 77 million people.

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