James Lankford: “Obviously, they're funding Hezbollah, the Shia militants.”

“Just a year ago, we had over 180 attacks from Iran on Americans, either through their proxies or directly from Iran. They. They continue to be able to fund the attack of ships off the coast of Yemen. Obviously, they're funding Hezbollah, the Shia militants. They have continued to be able to attack us now for decades, and that is accelerated. So just because we have blocked their attacks doesn't mean they're not attacking us.” (00:31–00:35)

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