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Markwayne Mullin: “President Trump was the first president to step up and say…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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MULLIN: 'They don't back up their claims with facts.' | Carl Higbie Frontline

Published | Video Starts at 00:42

But you know what? As you heard, Secretary Hegset said, some of the plans that they're talking about has been around for years, in some cases decades. But this president, President Trump was the first president to step up and say, we're eliminating this threat, this threat with the ayatollah that has killed thousands of service members and injured thousands of civilians and service members for the last 47 years. And now what? Now the Democrats want to gripe about it because why they don't think this guy was a bad dude. They know. They. They know he is. (00:42–00:57)

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Asserts that President Trump was the first to act against the ayatollah responsible for thousands of deaths and injuries.

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