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Kathleen Rice: “He could, but thankfully the saner people, there are still some, I believe, in the administration convinced him that…”

On the recordApril 7, 2019
He could, but thankfully the saner people, there are still some, I believe, in the administration convinced him that would be an economic disaster.
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Kathleen Rice
Democratic · New York

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Rice discusses the potential economic impact of President Trump's order to shut the port of El Paso.

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