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Edward Markey: “We need to slash the Pentagon budget.”

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

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FULL VICTORY SPEECH: Ed Markey Obliterates Seth Moulton In Massachusetts Democratic Senate Primary

Published | Video Starts at 14:58

We will not sit by as you build more bombs, drill for more oil, sell off our public lands. We need to end the war Iran and stop the bombing in Gaza. We need to slash the Pentagon budget. and we need to impeach Donald Trump. And we will not sit by while you take away voting rights from black and brown Americans, suppress the vote and try to steal an election. (14:58–15:02)

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Asserts the need to significantly reduce the Pentagon's budget.

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