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Bill Keating: “The phony rationale that these attacks are about fentanyl…”

Featuring: Bill Keating, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 9th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 02:43

And in predictable but ignoble display of character from this administration, fingers were pointed at one another as everyone scurried to cover in a tacit acknowledgment and that this was an issue potentially violating international law. Now I've reviewed what's been available. The phony rationale that these attacks are about fentanyl trafficking when we know fentanyl comes from China, India, through Mexico. then the baseless argument that this was about narco terrorism. You know, I don't believe a word of it. This was to create leverage for regime change in Venezuela. (02:43–02:56)

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Asserts that the rationale for attacks being about fentanyl trafficking is false, as fentanyl comes from China and India through Mexico.

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