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Brandon Johnson: “The United States government was funding someone by the name…”

Featuring: Brandon Johnson, Democratic | Mayor of Chicago | Illinois

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One-on-one with Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson | Cap Times Idea Fest

Published | Video Starts at 21:08

… that Ronald Reagan and his war on communism disrupted and destabilized Central and South America, which led to this incredible arms race, the Iran Contra, at which, at the time, The United States government was funding someone by the name of Osama bin Laden during the Iran Contra. Right? And so called this so called war against communism. And what it did was it destabilized Central and South America. It disrupted their economy and it forced people to move out. (21:08–21:37)

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Asserts that the U.S. funded Osama bin Laden during the Iran Contra.

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