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Elissa Slotkin: “The Strait of Hormuz is closed.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:21

And of course, Americans are paying for this war in a very specific way, and that's at the pump. And then certainly our farmers and others are paying for fertilizer and other inputs because The Strait of Hormuz is closed. because oil is just not getting in and out of the Persian Gulf the way it normally does. So I wanted to have an open conversation about that. (03:21–03:23)

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