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Chuck Schumer: “18 service members had been killed in [Trump's] disastrous…”

Featuring: Chuck Schumer, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer alludes to Democrats plans to hold President Trump accountable

Published | Video Starts at 00:14

Mr. President, Donald Trump's cavalier disregard for the lives of our service members is beneath contempt and beyond despicable. In a truth Social Post, yesterday, Trump seemed to brag that 18 service members had been killed in [Trump's] disastrous Iran war. compared to the tens of thousands who died in Vietnam. Donald, stop treating our service members lives like they are points on a scoreboard in your twisted game. (00:14–00:18)

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Asserts that 18 U.S. service members were killed in the Iran conflict under Trump's administration.

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