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Bernie Sanders: “Senate to cut military funding for Israel. We had 11 votes…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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The American people are saying loudly and clearly, no to the war in Iran and no to more military funding for the extremist government of Israel. When we began our effort in the Senate to cut military funding for Israel. We had 11 votes, and then we went up to 27 votes. And a couple of weeks ago, we went up to 40 votes. 80% of the Democratic caucus now understands American taxpayer dollars do not go to fund a government which has committed genocide. (17:04–17:12)

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Asserts that Senate votes to cut military funding for Israel increased from 11 to 27.

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