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Texas Border Towns Voted For Trump, Now They Face Bankruptcy - The Logical Leftist [View all]
They voted for a tight border, but did they vote to go broke? In this video, we investigate why Texas border towns that swung hard for Donald Trump are now facing an economic death spiral.
We break down the hard data: a $48.1 BILLION retail industry in the Rio Grande Valley is at risk because the "America First" policies these voters supported are choking off the cross-border trade their towns survive on. From McAllen to Laredo, business owners are realizing that "shutting down the border" means shutting down their own cash flow.
It’s a classic case of voting against your own interests. We look at the numbers, the bankruptcies, and the harsh reality settling in for the Texas GOP.
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