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Cory Booker: “Look overseas at the war we're in, the lives being lost, the…”

Featuring: Cory Booker, Democratic | U.S. Senate, New Jersey

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Published May 31, 2026 | Video Starts at 07:58

And I'm going to tell you right now, as he is a lame duck president, he's becoming more and more dangerous. Just Look overseas at the war we're in, the lives being lost, the billions being spent. And now he is shamefully trying to crawl back and try to get us back to where we were before the war even started. This man is dangerous. (07:58–08:04)

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Asserts that the U.S. is involved in a war with lives lost and billions spent.

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