John Barrasso: “The largest funder of Al Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer.”

“According to their reporting, the largest funder of Al Shabaab, which is, as you know, is a terrorist organization affiliated with Al Qaeda. The largest funder of Al Shabaab is the Minnesota taxpayer. How could that be? How could it be that American taxpayers are funding a group affiliated with Al Qaeda? Taxpayers didn't even know it, weren't aware of it.” (05:08–05:14)

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