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Elissa Slotkin: “Saddam Hussein was a horrible guy. Right. Used chemical…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 07:46

Yes. Okay. But he's announced that they're going. So I think, I think. And I'm not saying he's going to use ground troops, but I'm just saying like look, Saddam Hussein was a horrible guy. Right. Used chemical weapons on his people. Just murderous for years and years and years. So there's no love lost for Saddam Hussein. That doesn't mean that Americans feel great after we got bogged down for years and years and years in the Iraq war. (07:46–07:52)

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