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Mike Pence: “We are borrowing money from China to give it to China to do stuff that the Chinese don't think is important enough to…”

On the recordNovember 14, 2011
We are borrowing money from China to give it to China to do stuff that the Chinese don't think is important enough to pay for.
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Mike Pence
Republican · Indiana

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Highlighting the absurdity of funding projects in China with borrowed money.

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