Jake Auchincloss: “Scenario two is, I think basically, the President backs…”

“That's scenario one. I just implore my Republican colleagues in Congress to help me prevent that from happening. Just show us a modicum of spine. Scenario two is, I think basically, the President backs down. He leaves the United States weaker than before because we have ceded control over the Strait of Hormuz. But functionally, it's the bomb stop dropping.” (09:54–09:59)

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