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Chris Murphy: “The President has spent the last few weeks reaching his hand…”

Featuring: Chris Murphy, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Connecticut

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Senator Murphy on Iran War Cost: We Could Be Funding Education and Health Care With This Money

Published | Video Starts at 09:05

So instead of ending the Iran war, instead of trying to do something about these spiraling prices and costs that are being borne by families and the federal government, The President has spent the last few weeks reaching his hand into the treasury, stealing from the American people $1.7 billion. to be put into a slush fund that he controls to reward his political supporters and securing an agreement with the IRS that no matter how much fraud or illegality … (09:05–09:18)

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Asserts that President Trump is taking $1.7 billion from the treasury for personal use.

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