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Donavan McKinney: “When you send that money overseas, it's less money for…”

Featuring: Donavan McKinney, Michigan House of Representatives, District 11

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CAN DETROIT ELECT A PROGRESSIVE? | Donavan McKinney

Published | Video Starts at 1:20:26

But he has to go through November too. So it's a whole another thing. But like in terms of how like I talked about the flying politics red. Redistribution resources. Yeah. When you send that money overseas, it's less money for critical resources here and programs. and so like I just can't in good conscious support that when it's a genocide. And on top of that, not just a genocide in Gaza, but the like there's stuff happening in Sudan, there's stuff in Iran. (1:20:26–1:20:34)

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Asserts that foreign aid reduces funding for domestic programs.

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