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Mike Rogers: “Making Iran have the capital by allowing them to sell oil…”

Featuring: Mike Rogers, Conservative | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Michigan

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Published | Video Starts at 12:08

… couldn't defend itself against the Houthis, taking the Houthis off the terrorist list, which by the way, is now shooting at US troops, including our Navy in the Red Sea, Making Iran have the capital by allowing them to sell oil into the market, has engulfed us in the Middle East. Bad decision. Bad decision. Bad decision. Not standing up to the fact that they're using their proxies across the Middle east not only to attack Israel, our ally, but it's also to attack those hundred different installations around the Middle East. (12:08–12:16)

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