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Ruben Gallego: “Now they're seeing a $200 billion ask for a war that they're…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 30:53

We just told them, or the Republicans just told him for two years that we have to cut Medicaid, we have to cut food stamps, we're going to cut all these programs because we need to give tax cuts. And Now they're seeing a $200 billion ask for a war that they're against. And if anything, the war is probably going to bring even more young voters that were going to probably stay out of it into the fold to come out and … (30:53–31:01)

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Asserts that there is a $200 billion request for a war opposed by the public.

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