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Dave McCormick: “The president campaigned and I campaigned on stopping the…”

Featuring: Dave McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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We CANNOT let antisemitic and political violence prosper: Sen Dave McCormick

Published | Video Starts at 06:06

The Trump administration alleges that it was being used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. So are you concerned we're inching closer to war with Venezuela? We have about 30 seconds. Yeah. Just real briefly, The president campaigned and I campaigned on stopping the flow of fentanyl into our country. It killed 100,000 Americans last year, 4,000 Pennsylvanians. So I think using the military in a very discreet way to take those narco terrorists out makes a lot of sense. This is a sanctioned ship. (06:06–06:16)

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