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Steve King: “They weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana…”

On the recordNovember 11, 2018
They weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

King made an unsubstantiated claim about immigrants crossing the U.S./Mexico border.

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