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Ruben Gallego: “Taxpayer money should not be used to provide military…”

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

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'Ashli Babbitt Was Not A Hero...': Ruben Gallego Slams Military Honors Given To Ashli Babbitt

Published | Video Starts at 02:45

We erode trust in our military. And we'd feed the dangerous lie that January 6th was anything other than a betrayal of our democracy. Taxpayer money should not be used to provide military funerals to someone who took part in [the] attack on this Capitol. capital. This is about accountability. It's about honoring those who truly served with integrity. And it's about making clear five years later that we will not rewrite the history of January 6th. (02:45)

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Asserts that taxpayer money should not fund military funerals for participants in the Capitol attack.

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