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Seth Moulton: “The Strait of Hormuz was open before Trump started this war.”

Featuring: Seth Moulton, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 6th Congressional District

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Seth Moulton calls President Trump "senile" as he challenges Ed Markey for Senate

Published | Video Starts at 04:09

They are a state sponsor of terror and we should do things to protect ourselves. Right. That doesn't mean starting a war, starting a war that the President is now losing. I mean, let's remember The Strait of Hormuz was open before Trump started this war. 13American troops were alive before Trump started this war. 180 Iranian little girls that remind me of my own 5 year old and 7 year old at home. (04:09–04:14)

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Asserts that the Strait of Hormuz was open before Trump initiated conflict with Iran.

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