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Wesley Hunt: “President Trump has been talking about how we've been ripped…”

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

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Interview with Congressman Wesley Hunt on New Hampshire Visit and GOP Strategies

Published | Video Starts at 10:03

Do you think they're going to have enough time to work to do what the president wants them to do by the time folks like you are facing reelection? Of course, President Trump has been talking about how we've been ripped off by other countries for decades. I mean, he did a, he did an interview on OPRAH Back in 1988 talking about this very issue. This should have been done a long time ago. (10:03–10:10)

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Asserts that President Trump has long claimed the U.S. is economically disadvantaged by other countries.

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