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Joining me now is Florida Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna.
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I'll put that question directly to you, Congresswoman. Too far
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or not far enough?
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I'd say President Trump has gone— done a great job on
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the border. Here in Pinellas County and in the Tampa
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Bay region, we actually saw a drop in fentanyl, which
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was associated with that open border. But I want to
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remind the American people that suicidal empathy is truly a
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problem in this country. When you're saying that you want
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an open border, yet you're failing to address the fact
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that there were literally children that were being used in
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manufacturing facilities— on ag fields, basically child slave labor. You
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had calls from the Democrats saying and really implying that
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it was just Mexicans that were coming here illegally, failing
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to address that there was actually military-age males coming from
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the Middle East, coming from South America, coming from.
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All over the world.
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And that there was people on the known terrorist watch list.
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I say this as someone who is a second-generation U.S.
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citizen and prides myself on being literally Mexican-American, but understanding
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that my allegiance is to this country first and foremost,
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and that means we must be a nation with borders.
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We must have security in place to protect our people.
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That is the reality of the situation. And, unfortunately, what
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you're seeing also, Will, is a foreign influence operation from
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China that was really standing up those ICE riots funded
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by Naval Roy Singham. So we're working on all of
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the above. But I would say that I'd rather have
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this situation where we're safe, where people are not getting hurt,
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and where there's no fentanyl on the streets, versus the latter.
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You know, you make a great— first of all, I don't
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know if we can put the graph up that shows
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the border encounters over four different administrations, from President Obama,
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the first Trump administration, then under President Biden, and now again.
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Under President Trump.
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The question for anyone that believes that the Trump administration
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has gone too far would be, when.
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You see that chart— What would you do about.
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The millions let in during a four-year period under President Biden?
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What would you do? Would you just let them stay?
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You know, the famous analogy when it comes to illegal
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immigration is you first turn off the faucet— that' s stopping the
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border— and then you get out your mop.
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If your bathtub were overflowing, that's what you would do.
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So, do we just go, well, I guess we got
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a lot of water on the floor. No need for
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a mop. We're not going to do that here.
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Well, what I will say is that President Trump's border
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policies are the exact same policies. I'd say they're just
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better at it than Barack Obama's policies. Barack Obama was
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known as the deporter-in-chief. So, really, what's the problem here?
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Is it the fact that it's President Trump doing it?
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You just don't like Trump?
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The fact is, is.
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That it was Hispanic women and children that were a
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very largely targeted demographic for trafficking. So when you're telling
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me that you want people to come here illegally and
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it's somehow not nice or not empathetic to not tolerate
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illegal immigration, and then on the back end you're seeing
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that a majority of Border Patrol are Hispanic Americans, that
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you're seeing that a majority of people that are getting
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hurt are these innocent women and children and that somehow
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we're not supposed to do anything about it. I look
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at that as hypocrisy. We are coming up on a
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midterm election. We're also coming up on a presidential. And
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what I would tell you is the largest voting minority
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in this country is Hispanic Americans of Mexican descent. So
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spare me the hypocrisy on the matter. I'm all about
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the facts. And the facts say that a secured border
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helps people and President Trump has done the right thing.
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By the way, we don't have this chart. I don't
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think we can get it in time, because it's on
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the fly. But your point about fentanyl is also well taken.
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We've seen that opioid overdose, fentanyl poisonings have gone down
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drastically over the last two years. That's backed up by
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the stats. That's backed up in black-and-white facts. You brought
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up Mexican-Americans. So, what do you make of the person
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that wants to join you in Congress, this woman from
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New York who is proclaiming that she will fight for Mexico?
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I think that that's embarrassing. And I say that as
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someone that, again, is the first Mexican-American elected to Congress
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from the state of Florida. You know, I saw her
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posting and she's calling out corporations, but she can't call
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out the corrupt government of Mexico that's responsible to one
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of the bloodiest election cycles in the last decade with
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people actually running for office. I would not be surprised
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that if people in that very photo are actually on
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the cut from cartel because, frankly, the cartel was murdering people.
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that were speaking out about corruption within the government of Mexico.
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So you're running for U.S. Congress, not Mexican Congress. Maybe
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understand the two. But this is, again, why I think
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that members of Congress should require to disclose whether or
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not they are dual citizens. You cannot have allegiances to
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two countries. And in this instance, she's literally running on
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a platform that would represent Mexico, not the United States.
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And that should be called up for what it is.
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And quickly, Congresswoman, shouldn't that be disqualifying? Aren't you elected
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to represent Americans?
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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It should be disqualifying. And I think that this is
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exactly why you're seeing so much frustration with the American
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people saying, do we even have people in office that
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are representing us? Are they dual citizens running for other countries? Like,
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for example, in this case, it should be disqualifying. I
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think that it's a shame. And honestly, it's embarrassing as
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someone that takes pride in being American first and foremost.
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Yeah, I totally agree. All dual citizenship, for that matter.
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I totally agree. You're elected to represent Americans in Congress.
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Congresswoman Luna, thanks for being with us here today.
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Joining me now is Florida Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna.
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I'll put that question directly to you, Congresswoman. Too far
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or not far enough?
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I'd say President Trump has gone— done a great job on
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the border. Here in Pinellas County and in the Tampa
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Bay region, we actually saw a drop in fentanyl, which
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was associated with that open border. But I want to
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remind the American people that suicidal empathy is truly a
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problem in this country. When you're saying that you want
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an open border, yet you're failing to address the fact
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that there were literally children that were being used in
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manufacturing facilities— on ag fields, basically child slave labor. You
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had calls from the Democrats saying and really implying that
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it was just Mexicans that were coming here illegally, failing
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to address that there was actually military-age males coming from
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the Middle East, coming from South America, coming from.
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All over the world.
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And that there was people on the known terrorist watch list.
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I say this as someone who is a second-generation U.S.
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citizen and prides myself on being literally Mexican-American, but understanding
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that my allegiance is to this country first and foremost,
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and that means we must be a nation with borders.
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We must have security in place to protect our people.
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That is the reality of the situation. And, unfortunately, what
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you're seeing also, Will, is a foreign influence operation from
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China that was really standing up those ICE riots funded
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by Naval Roy Singham. So we're working on all of
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the above. But I would say that I'd rather have
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this situation where we're safe, where people are not getting hurt,
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and where there's no fentanyl on the streets, versus the latter.
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You know, you make a great— first of all, I don't
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know if we can put the graph up that shows
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the border encounters over four different administrations, from President Obama,
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the first Trump administration, then under President Biden, and now again.
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Under President Trump.
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The question for anyone that believes that the Trump administration
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has gone too far would be, when.
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You see that chart— What would you do about.
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The millions let in during a four-year period under President Biden?
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What would you do? Would you just let them stay?
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You know, the famous analogy when it comes to illegal
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immigration is you first turn off the faucet— that' s stopping the
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border— and then you get out your mop.
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If your bathtub were overflowing, that's what you would do.
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So, do we just go, well, I guess we got
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a lot of water on the floor. No need for
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a mop. We're not going to do that here.
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Well, what I will say is that President Trump's border
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policies are the exact same policies. I'd say they're just
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better at it than Barack Obama's policies. Barack Obama was
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known as the deporter-in-chief. So, really, what's the problem here?
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Is it the fact that it's President Trump doing it?
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You just don't like Trump?
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The fact is, is.
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That it was Hispanic women and children that were a
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very largely targeted demographic for trafficking. So when you're telling
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me that you want people to come here illegally and
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it's somehow not nice or not empathetic to not tolerate
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illegal immigration, and then on the back end you're seeing
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that a majority of Border Patrol are Hispanic Americans, that
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you're seeing that a majority of people that are getting
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hurt are these innocent women and children and that somehow
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we're not supposed to do anything about it. I look
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at that as hypocrisy. We are coming up on a
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midterm election. We're also coming up on a presidential. And
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what I would tell you is the largest voting minority
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in this country is Hispanic Americans of Mexican descent. So
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spare me the hypocrisy on the matter. I'm all about
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the facts. And the facts say that a secured border
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helps people and President Trump has done the right thing.
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By the way, we don't have this chart. I don't
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think we can get it in time, because it's on
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the fly. But your point about fentanyl is also well taken.
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We've seen that opioid overdose, fentanyl poisonings have gone down
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drastically over the last two years. That's backed up by
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the stats. That's backed up in black-and-white facts. You brought
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up Mexican-Americans. So, what do you make of the person
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that wants to join you in Congress, this woman from
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New York who is proclaiming that she will fight for Mexico?
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I think that that's embarrassing. And I say that as
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someone that, again, is the first Mexican-American elected to Congress
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from the state of Florida. You know, I saw her
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posting and she's calling out corporations, but she can't call
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out the corrupt government of Mexico that's responsible to one
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of the bloodiest election cycles in the last decade with
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people actually running for office. I would not be surprised
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that if people in that very photo are actually on
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the cut from cartel because, frankly, the cartel was murdering people.
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that were speaking out about corruption within the government of Mexico.
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So you're running for U.S. Congress, not Mexican Congress. Maybe
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understand the two. But this is, again, why I think
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that members of Congress should require to disclose whether or
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not they are dual citizens. You cannot have allegiances to
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two countries. And in this instance, she's literally running on
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a platform that would represent Mexico, not the United States.
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And that should be called up for what it is.
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And quickly, Congresswoman, shouldn't that be disqualifying? Aren't you elected
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to represent Americans?
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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It should be disqualifying. And I think that this is
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exactly why you're seeing so much frustration with the American
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people saying, do we even have people in office that
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are representing us? Are they dual citizens running for other countries? Like,
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for example, in this case, it should be disqualifying. I
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think that it's a shame. And honestly, it's embarrassing as
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someone that takes pride in being American first and foremost.
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Yeah, I totally agree. All dual citizenship, for that matter.
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I totally agree. You're elected to represent Americans in Congress.
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Congresswoman Luna, thanks for being with us here today.
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God bless. Be sure to like and subscribe for all
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