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David McCormick: “The original sin, the thing that put us in this position was…”

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

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What I will say is that they are absolutely being attacked from all sides by these proxies that are underwritten by Iran. And The original sin, the thing that put us in this position was President Obama's deal in 2015 to give back $100 billion of sanctioned money. And the deciding vote on that was Bob Casey. And that my, my opponent in the Senate race and that money is being used to underwrite terrorist groups, the Houthis, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, and of course, Hamas. (11:30–11:40)

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Asserts that Obama's 2015 deal returned $100 billion of sanctioned money, contributing to current issues.

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