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Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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'No Justification For A Regime-Change War': Hakeem Jeffries Slams Trump For Strikes On Iran

Published | Video Starts at 07:04

But there's a role for the United States to play in terms of diplomacy, building coalitions, and none of that was done in this particular instance. And The American people are not interested in their taxpayer dollars being spent for another failed regime change war. But strong statements coming from the British prime minister and from France, a collective statement, basically speaking out and saying that they don't support this unprovoked, the way they put it, is kind of unprovoked war. (07:04–07:14)

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Asserts that the American public opposes spending taxpayer money on regime change wars.

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