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On the recordJuly 17, 2019
The President says there's a crisis, asks for $4.5 billion. The Democrats said it's fake, it's contrived, it's manufactured, it's not a real crisis.
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Jim Jordan
Republican · Ohio

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Jim Jordan criticizes Democrats for dismissing the border crisis while the situation worsens.

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