Markwayne Mullin: “From 1979 until, as we sit here, they [the Iranian regime]…”

“Everybody knows, Stuart, you, I and every Democrat and Republican that has said in any of these briefings understood the true threat that the ayatollah and this murderous regime was all about. I mean, From 1979 until, as we sit here, they [the Iranian regime] have maimed and killed thousands of US Citizens and military personnel. And so we knew that this threat is real. The Democrats know this threat is real.” (01:10–01:23)

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