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Mark Warner: “He cites national security [as the reason for stopping the…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Yesterday, Trump, on a whim, not only stopped all of the wind projects across the east coast, including the off coast project here in Virginia, where we've spent over $6 billion. Most of that ratepayers for no reason. He cites national security [as the reason for stopping the wind projects]. I can tell you, if there was a national security reason, as the former chair and now vice chair of the intelligence community, I would know it. (00:17–00:20)

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