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Mark Pocan: “You're going to kick out possibly up to 8,000 people from…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Representative Mark Pocan Town Hall in Madison January 2025

Published | Video Starts at 1:09:20

Right. Right now. So if you don't have a trans kid, doesn't matter. Right. Because what they're doing to the trans community is disgusting right now. I mean, You're going to kick out possibly up to 8,000 people from the military who are serving this country. That's one of the things they're trying to do. If you may not be an immigrant, but a lot of our neighbors and friends and others are, and they're going … (1:09:20–1:09:26)

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Asserts that up to 8,000 transgender individuals may be expelled from the military.

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