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Jen Kiggans: “Israel...had unprovoked attack October 7th.”

Featuring: Jen Kiggans, Republican | U.S. House, Virginia, District 2

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Congresswoman Kiggans Joins The Race to Discuss the Need to Provide Aid to Our Allies

Published | Video Starts at 01:57

Listening to what Those guys have a right to self defense. Right. So we, it is not our jurisdiction to tell Israel how to defend themselves. They had Israel...had unprovoked attack October 7th. We saw Iranian proxies acting through Hamas come into their country, devastate Detroit, destroy, murder, rape, you know, innocent people in that country. So they have a right to respond. (01:57–03:34)

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Asserts that Israel was attacked unprovoked on October 7th.

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