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Ruben Gallego: “Mexican American families are not going to be very excited…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 32:11

You know, the look at, if you look at the, our military, armed forces, it is a majority of Mexican American heritage of all the Latinos in there. And the Mexican American families are not going to be very excited about sending their kids to die in Venezuela or in Cuba. because they don't see that as kind of like a pan Latino issue to them. Right. (32:11–32:18)

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Asserts that Mexican American families are not supportive of military action in Venezuela or Cuba.

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