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“He [Donald Trump]wants to build the wall. It would be silly to say we`re going to - we`re going to create an army and we`re going to have Mexico pay for our border patrol, our border police. Clearly, that`s not going to happen.”

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John Yarmuth is an American politician born on November 4, 1947. He is a prominent Democrat who has served as a U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 3rd Congressional District for many years. more

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