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Brian Schatz: “People are dying right now, not in spite of us, but because…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Schatz Details Trump Admin's Destruction Of USAID, Deadly Consequences As Senate Considers DOGE Cuts

Published | Video Starts at 07:34

These are not hypothetical or distant outcomes. We are no longer arguing about what might happen in the future. We are talking about what is happening across the planet right now. People are dying right now, not in spite of us, but because of us. We are causing death. We have gone from being the good guys, flaws, mistakes and all to being a conduit for death and sickness and hunger. (07:34)

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Asserts that U.S. actions are directly causing deaths globally.

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