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Jon Tester: “The truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a…”

On the recordMarch 28, 2023
The truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.
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Jon Tester
Democratic · Montana

Editor's note · Context

Tester expresses the severity of cartel actions, suggesting they should be classified as terrorism.

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