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Elissa Slotkin: “There is a term for this in the military. It's called…”

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

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Rep. Slotkin Speaks on House Floor about Bipartisan Immigration Reform

Published | Video Starts at 06:10

… this is a threat to our country, talked about it publicly, constantly, came back to it to raise attention to this issue and then refuse to do anything about it. There is a term for this in the military. It's called dereliction of duty. It's a fireable offense. So the next time I hear one of my colleagues railing about the border, railing about the immigration in the same breath that they're refusing to actually do anything about … (06:10–06:16)

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Asserts that ignoring a national security crisis is considered dereliction of duty in the military.

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