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Rashida Tlaib: “We don't want to fund wars, which a lot of war manufacturing…”

Featuring: Rashida Tlaib, Democratic | U.S. House Michigan, District 12

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Published | Video Starts at 00:28

So they're afraid of people like, you know, me and Abdul and Angie who support Medicare for all. So they're nervous about the fact that We don't want to fund wars, which a lot of war manufacturing companies and defense contractors make money off of genocide. And all of them are nervous about. You know, my paycheck comes from the tax dollars, right? The money that comes in from members of Congress who look the other way and continue to fund things that many Americans don't support. (00:28–00:36)

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