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Nicholas Begich: “We're only 5% of the population globally as the United…”

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

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Thursday 3-7-24 - Candidate Nick Begich & Senator Mike Shower

Published | Video Starts at 18:07

There's a perspective on the right that I'm glad to see is declining, but it's a neoconservative perspective that seems to believe that the United States post World War Two has a role in the globe as essentially world police. And, you know, We're only 5% of the population globally as the United States. We don't have the ability to play enforcer around the world and pay for that. That's not something that we're going to be able to do in perpetuity. (18:07–18:13)

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Asserts that the U.S. comprises only 5% of the global population.

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