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Ruben Gallego: “A lot of them were Vietnam veterans, you know, Iraq war…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 05:28

And this is making me think again. So this community of people that came out to meet with me, a lot of them were Trump supporters. You know, A lot of them were Vietnam veterans, you know, Iraq war veterans, Afghan veterans, Latinos that voted for Donald Trump in 2024. And they voted for him, believing two things. Number one, they wanted security at the border, and they believed that he was going to keep them out of these foreign wars. (05:28–05:39)

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Asserts that many veterans and Latinos who voted for Trump in 2024 attended the town hall.

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