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Edward Markey: “The United States and China and Russia have not tested…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:19

Where do you think the truth lies, and how anxious should it make us? It should make us very anxious. America, led by Trump, is sleepwalking into a new massive nuclear arms race with Russia, with China. The United States and China and Russia have not tested nuclear weapons since at least 1996 because of the comprehensive testing. So when Trump says the other countries are testing, he's just lying, or he has no idea what he's talking about, just making it up, as he usually does. (08:19–08:32)

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Asserts that the U.S., China, and Russia have not tested nuclear weapons since at least 1996.

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