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Abdul El-Sayed: “Maybe we keep our money here instead of fighting a war we…”

Featuring: Abdul El-Sayed, Podcast Host, America Dissected | National

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Pete Buttigieg & Abdul El-Sayed Speak at Michigan Democratic Campaign Rally

Published | Video Starts at 38:36

We can have a secure border, we can enforce immigration policy, but we can do it without shooting people in the face or the back of the head. Maybe we keep our money here instead of fighting a war we got no business fighting. Raising our gas prices to five bucks a gallon, burning our tax dollars to teach the ayatollahs that they have a choke point on the world's energy supply. (38:36–38:42)

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Asserts that funds should be kept domestically instead of being spent on unnecessary wars.

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