Richard Blumenthal: “A blockade is an act of war.”

“Well, I think, Jonathan, the fundamental point here is that we're still at war. And the President's claiming to the Congress that hostilities have been, to use his word, terminated is ridiculous. These facts illustrate why A blockade is an act of war. and why we are at continuing risk of actually putting troops on the ground. And why no tanker owner or cargo shipper in their right mind would regard the strait as open.” (08:52–08:56)

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