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Abigail Spanberger: “The President continues to cede economic power and…”

Featuring: Abigail Spanberger, Democratic | Governor of Virginia

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FULL VIDEO: Gov. Spanberger's Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address

Published | Video Starts at 06:35

After working in law enforcement, I continued my career of service as a CIA officer working undercover to protect the United States and our allies from global threats, terrorism, nuclear weapons, and the aggression of adversarial nations around the globe. But as The President continues to cede economic power and technological strength to Russia, bow down to China, bow down to a Russian dictator, and make plans for war with Iran. Here's the truth. Over the last year, through doge mass firings and the appointment of deeply unserious people to our nation's most serious positions, our President has endangered the long and storied history of the United States of America being a force for good. (06:35–06:53)

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Asserts that the President is ceding power to Russia and China and planning for war with Iran.

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