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Graham Platner: “He was a National Guard major. I mean, no shade to the…”

Featuring: Graham Platner, Populist, Progressive | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Maine

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That's insane. But he has power and that's what he's doing right now. That's what you think he's doing? Absolutely. Of course that's what he's doing. Yeah. I mean, He was a National Guard major. I mean, no shade to the National Guard at all. I was in the National Guard. But his combat record doesn't look like the combat record of a lot of other people. And I think that bothers him steep down inside. It makes him insecure. And so now he gets to posture and he gets to literally start wars so he can … (39:27–39:38)

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Asserts that Pete Hegseth's combat record is not comparable to others.

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