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Michael Blake: “People are dying for a senseless war that we have no…”

Featuring: Michael Blake, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House New York, District 15

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Published | Video Starts at 14:26

This is the language that he is using for people who are speaking out about this. And when we think about the context of this, you can't ignore your eyes and what is happening right now. People are dying for a senseless war that we have no business being in. Where money is being spent. Instead of being spent in our community to help us pay bills, it's being spent on war. And it's absolutely unacceptable. (14:26–14:31)

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Asserts that people are dying in a war that the U.S. should not be involved in.

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