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Edward Markey: “The United States cannot be complicit in the horror of…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 10:21

And that's why we need to pass my trans bill of rights. Standing up for human rights here in America means standing up for human rights everywhere. The United States cannot be complicit in the horror of illegal, senseless war. Not in Iran, not in Lebanon, not in Gaza. We need to slash. We need to slash the Pentagon budget and end these wars now. I know. (10:21–10:32)

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Claims U.S. complicity in wars in Iran, Lebanon, and Gaza is unacceptable.

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