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CNN’s Jim Sciutto clashed with Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY) after he demanded to know why the congressman wouldn’t back the bipartisan border security deal former President Donald Trump has been leaning on Republicans to block — and then fact-checked his claims about the border situation. “Your colleagues demanded that the aid [to Ukraine] be packaged with a border security deal,” said Sciutto. “That deal may not have everything that the House wants, but it certainly raises the standard for asylum seekers. It put billions of dollars more into border security. It also is trying to shorten the t…

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