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On the recordMay 21, 2013
I will tell you that I don't believe Barack Obama would be president today if Ronald Reagan hadn't made the most colossal mistake of his career in signing the 1986 amnesty act.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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King argues that the 1986 amnesty act helped Obama become president.

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