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Ayanna Pressley: “Constituents in my district are horrified to see the United…”

Featuring: Ayanna Pressley, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 7th Congressional District

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On House Floor, Rep. Pressley Condemns Trump's War in Iran, Makes Plea for Troops and Children

Published | Video Starts at 00:09

Mr. Speaker, I rise on behalf of the grieving families of the service members killed. I rise on behalf of the little girls in Iran killed by bombs raining down on their schools. Constituents in my district are horrified to see the United States and Israel launch a war with Iran that has already spread to a dozen more countries. Parents are clutching their young sons as they remember stories from their grandparents about the boys sacrificed to the draft. They see the baby girls in Iran, their small bodies decimated, as their own daughters. (00:09–00:18)

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Asserts that the United States and Israel have launched a war with Iran that has spread to a dozen countries.

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