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Elissa Slotkin: “We have no traffic moving through the Persian Gulf right…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 01:33

We don't want you taking a toll from these people. And we're going to blockade any ship that comes from the Iranian side that comes through the Iranians. So We have no traffic moving through the Persian Gulf right now, which has major, major economic implications. But I wanted to highlight just a couple of really important trends in this war and a couple of other data points. Number one, the war has definitely been going on between Israel and Lebanon as well. (01:33–01:40)

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Asserts that there is currently no traffic through the Persian Gulf, affecting the economy.

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