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Nicholas Begich: “The reason why Russia sold Alaska...was because their…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Published March 21, 2024 | Video Starts at 52:58

We bought. We got something for our money that is a huge part of the United States today. Right. Alaska. Alaska was bought from Russia. We all know that. But The reason why Russia sold Alaska...was because their treasury was depleted from fighting a war...the Crimean War. a war. Okay. That war, it turns out, was the crimean war. Modern day. Ukraine, 150 years ago. All right. We had smarter foreign policy 150 years ago than we do today. (52:58–53:15)

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Asserts that Russia sold Alaska due to financial depletion from the Crimean War.

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“There's a couple of asteroids that are reported to have, uh, quadrillions in gold, silver, iron, nickel, and other assets out there.”
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“If they are violating the constitution's second amendment, then, you know, they need to pay a consequence for that, and that may include…”
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“Congress only has certain authorities under the constitution with respect to some politicians, some elected officials.”
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“Donald Trump's supreme Court appointments were far better than those that we would have had under a Hillary Clinton administration.”
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“If we had Hillary Clinton, this country would be lost.”
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“If our founders were alive today, they'd be on an FBI watch list.”
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“I'm opposed to new federal firearms databases.”
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“I'm opposed to [ranked choice voting]. I signed the petition. We need to get rid of it.”
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“The Second Amendment is there to protect us from the government.”
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“The government is not entitled to [firearm transaction] information.”
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“I would push for suppressor freedom.”
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“We need a digital bill of rights, a constitutional amendment that enshrines our rights with respect to privacy and specifically digital…”
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“Credit card companies...sell your information, your purchasing history can be sold as part of your agreement.”
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“There's vast, open source information available about every American citizen today.”
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“It's available for purchase by third party actors who are trying to market things to you, pitch you political messages.”
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“Even information about where you've been that's in your cell phone.”
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“Geo tagged information...it's not just where you've been, but it's when you were there and who you were standing next to.”
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“We've got to get a rein in on the technology because right now the technology is running wild and it's controlling us.”
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“The world is going through a population decline right now, which, as others, including Elon Musk pointed out, is actually very dangerous for…”
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“If I don't finish ahead of my republican competitor, Nancy Dalstrom... I will drop out of the race.”
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“Mary Peltola votes with Nancy Pelosi 90% of the time. 85% of the time, she's voting with Ilhan Omar.”
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