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Elissa Slotkin: “The amount of money and weapons that are going to Ukraine is…”

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

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Battle for the Senate: A Conversation with Michigan Candidate & Current Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin

Published | Video Starts at 12:42

So when an autocratic country tries to take over an entire democracy, we have to take a stand, or else they'll just keep doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it. So while I acknowledge The amount of money and weapons that are going to Ukraine is high, it is a fraction of what we would pay if we did nothing. and we just let them roll over. First Ukraine, then Belarus, then maybe one of the NATO states. Suddenly we're being asked to have american sons and daughters come and fight in Europe. (12:42–12:51)

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Asserts that the current cost of supporting Ukraine is less than the potential future costs of inaction.

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