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Wesley Hunt: “We're talking about $2 billion in damage. 200 cities had to…”

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

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John Cornyn calls Trump Reckless, Wesley Hunt Tells the Truth | Real Time w/ Bill Maher

Published | Video Starts at 00:48

When I think of an insurrection as a war fighter or somebody that has seen some real nasty stuff, what people have to understand is that the Summer of Love leading up to that was something else. We're talking about $2 billion in damage. 200 cities had to go under curfew. 22 people lost their lives. And I understand, I understand that January 6th was a Democrats white rhin. They were going to run in that. They're going to win the next election. (00:48–00:56)

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Asserts that during the [protests referred to as the Summer of Love], there was $2 billion in damage, 200 cities under curfew, and 22 deaths.

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