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Hakeem Jeffries: “The President has a responsibility to make the case to the…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:05

And we mourn for them and we're praying for their families as well as all of those service members who are still struggling to deal with serious injuries as a result of what has taken place in the Middle East. The President has a responsibility to make the case to the American people as to the justification for this war, but has provided no evidence that there was an imminent threat to the American people here or abroad. It's the President who said just several months ago in June of last year, that Iran's nuclear program had been completely and totally obliterated. That's the president's words. (03:05–03:22)

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Asserts that Trump has not justified the war with evidence of an imminent threat.

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