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Ro Khanna: “The Ayatollah was 86.”

Featuring: Ro Khanna, Democratic | U.S. House California, 17th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 01:12

The assembly of experts are going to pick the new leader. By the way, they were picking the new leader before we killed Ayatollah. The Ayatollah was 86. And the question is, is the country going to descend in civil war? Are billions of her dollars going to be spent there? Are American troops going to be at risk? (01:12–01:14)

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Asserts the age of the Ayatollah at the time of his death.

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