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Ruben Gallego: “The bully pulpit may end up being the best guard against us…”

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

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How the Iran War Could Spiral Out of Control (with Sen. Ruben Gallego)

Published | Video Starts at 08:54

And so we'll do that with war powers resolutions, even if we lose those, then we'll move on to the funding argument and then we'll have to go to the bully pulpit. And I think The bully pulpit may end up being the best guard against us fully engaging into a war in Iran. that could really spiral out of control, really tilt our regional allies against us, or just send them to neutral and end up making China a more powerful regional partner in the Gulf Coast. (08:54–09:01)

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Asserts that public persuasion might prevent full U.S. engagement in a war with Iran.

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