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Kari Lake: “If we wouldn't have spent 260 billion in Ukraine, we could…”

Featuring: Kari Lake, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 46:01

So I want to think really big when it comes to water. I want to think about bringing new sources in, building desal plants. If we wouldn't have spent 260 billion in Ukraine, we could have built desal up and down the western coast. We could be doing desal and piping freshwater into Arizona, and we wouldn't have to worry about trying to save every single drop. And so we're going to think really big. (46:01–46:08)

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Asserts that $260 billion spent in Ukraine could have been used for desalination plants on the western coast.

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