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Graham Platner: “We destroyed Iraq and we destroyed Afghanistan and all the…”

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

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We destroyed Iraq and we destroyed Afghanistan and all the suffering, all the killing, all the dying, all the displacement, all of it. And that I'm ashamed of. In Maine, there's a candidate for Senate who's electrifying the Democratic base and worrying the establishment. I did four infantry tours in the Marine Corps and the Army. (00:00–00:09)

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Asserts that the U.S. destroyed Iraq and Afghanistan, causing suffering, killing, dying, and displacement.

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