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Ruben Gallego: “Trump has zero understanding what it means to make life and…”

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

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I Served in Iraq. Trump Has No Idea What He's Doing With Cuba.

Published | Video Starts at 01:14

When you send service members overseas with no clear justification, they come home broken. And we can't afford the consequences of that. Not when it comes to American lives. Trump has zero understanding what it means to make life and death decisions because he's never served a day in his life. It's not his or his friends, children he's sending to die. It's young, working class Americans. I know, I served in Iraq with many of these men and women. (01:14–01:21)

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Asserts that Trump lacks understanding of life and death decisions due to no military service.

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