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Jill Tokuda: “You've taken their land already. The Admissions Act. How do…”

Featuring: Jill Tokuda, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 2nd Congressional District

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'Has The Army Made Any Actual Offers?': Tokuda Asks General About Leases In Hawaii

Published | Video Starts at 04:20

Native Hawaiians are indigenous people to these islands that you've been bombing the hell out of for generations. They never relinquished their sovereignty, not once. You've taken their land already. The Admissions Act. How do you think you got Pearl Harbor? How do you think you got Marine Corps Base, Hawaii? How do you think you got pmrf? You took it. You never even paid a dollar for that. So when we talk about trust, you're telling me relationships are so important globally, especially when it comes to crisis. (04:20–04:30)

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Asserts that the U.S. military took land from Native Hawaiians, including Pearl Harbor and other bases.

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