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Edward Markey: “He made a campaign promise and he fulfilled it by destroying…”

Featuring: Edward Markey, Democratic | U.S. Senate Massachusetts

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Senator Markey on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell

Published | Video Starts at 02:22

And when he goes into that interview saying things like he said, it seems very clear he has no idea what was in the agreement that he ripped up. He made a campaign promise and he fulfilled it by destroying not just the Iran nuclear agreement, but also the Paris Climate Agreement. These were just pandering promises to his MAGA base. And in implementing those promises, he's endangered our planet from the threat of climate change. (02:22–02:33)

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Asserts that Trump fulfilled a campaign promise by withdrawing from the Iran nuclear agreement and the Paris Climate Agreement.

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