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'Joe the Plumber' says 'start shooting' on border

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He was thrust into national politics in 2008 when then Senator Barack Obama made a campaign stop in Northwest Ohio Now he's running for Congress against Marcy Kaptur.

Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as "Joe the Plumber," is voicing his stance on illegal immigration.

He appeared in Arizona Friday at a fundraiser for State Senator Lori Klein.

Wurzelbacher said the country needs to build a fence at the Mexican border, and, in his words, "start shooting" at suspected illegal immigrants.

Klein insists Wurzelbacher was kidding.

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