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Jim Himes: “The purported reason why the military is there, which is…”

Featuring: Jim Himes, Democratic | U.S. House Connecticut, 4th Congressional District

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"It's Performative:" Himes on Hegseth's Testosterone-Filled Strikes in the Caribbean.

Published | Video Starts at 00:21

Yeah, Chris, I do. You know, it's a long tradition of the United States and the United States military helping devastated areas. And of course, you know, The purported reason why the military is there, which is apparently to interdict drugs and to undertake these lethal attacks that we have been doing. That's illegal. Those are illegal strikes. They have not been authorized by the Congress. And you know, even if, because you're Pete Hegseth and you get really jazzed up on the testosterone rush that comes from blowing up a boat with a couple of guys on it, that is not the way you're going to interdict drugs. (00:21–00:37)

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Asserts that military strikes in the Caribbean are illegal and unauthorized by Congress.

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