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Tim Scott: “Over 70,000 Americans died just last year, an all-time high, fueled by Mexican cartels trafficking these drugs across…”

On the recordJune 20, 2023
Over 70,000 Americans died just last year, an all-time high, fueled by Mexican cartels trafficking these drugs across the wide-open southern border that this Administration refuses to close.
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Tim Scott
Republican · South Carolina

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Tim Scott criticizes the administration for not addressing drug trafficking across the southern border.

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