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Graham Platner: “We shouldn't vote to fund insanity like ICE or like these…”

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

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Graham Platner Speaks to PACKED Augusta Crowd

Published | Video Starts at 40:16

I mean, if we don't get the majority, if we're the minority one, I don't think a single Democratic senator should ever vote for a nominee that comes out of this administration ever again. We shouldn't vote to fund insanity like ICE or like these wars overseas. We need to cut funding for this stuff. But we also, there are lots and lots of little annoying paperwork things that even one senator who's engaged in that project, you can slow stuff down, you can throw some wrenches in the works. (40:16–40:21)

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