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Raphael Warnock: “The Strait of Hormuz, they're saying will be reopened. Well…”

Featuring: Raphael Warnock, Democratic | U.S. Senate Georgia

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Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks at length about the Iran war, voting rights and more

Published | Video Starts at 00:24

I hope the war is over. But the question is, why were we in the war in the first place? We've spent nearly a billion dollars a day. The Strait of Hormuz, they're saying will be reopened. Well, it was open before he started the war. and we are a long way from what Donald Trump promised and what it looks like he's going to deliver. It looks a lot like where we were before any of this started. (00:24–00:31)

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