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Brian Schatz: “This was not just predictable, it was predicted.”

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

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This wasn't just predictable. It was predicted.

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

We have I think a record number 140 co sponsors at the United nations on this resolution that hasn't come up for a vote yet to condemn what they're doing in 360. Nobody's defending what Iran is doing. I think what we're saying is This was not just predictable, it was predicted. This was what everybody said. You don't have to be some expert in foreign policy. You don't need to get into a skiff. (04:55–05:00)

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Asserts that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran was predicted.

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