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Katherine Clark: “The Strait of Hormuz was closed, spiking gas prices at the…”

Featuring: Katherine Clark, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 5th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 01:05

So now we are supposed to understand from him that he went into this war, took the American people, our sons and daughters, into this war without a clear objective. The Strait of Hormuz was closed, spiking gas prices at the pump to over $4, you know, average across the country. And now he's saying we're going to pull out of there, leaving the strait closed. I mean, what is this? (01:05–01:15)

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Asserts that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz caused gas prices to spike to over $4 on average.

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