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Graham Platner: “We need to use all of the power we have around funding and…”

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

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Graham Platner on MS Now with Jen Psaki

Published | Video Starts at 06:24

I also think it'll just be upfront. I don't believe a single U.S. democratic senator should vote for a nominee out of the Trump administration moving forward. I think We need to use all of the power we have around funding and the power of the purse to stop paying for these kinds of stupid wars. stop paying for agencies like ice, stop paying for the things that the Trump administration is doing that are materially hurting our democracy and hurting working people. (06:24–06:33)

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