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Seth Moulton: “There were a lot of members of Congress, including Senator…”

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 02:40

They said Saddam had WMD weapons of mass destruction, which we did not. And unfortunately they came before Congress. And There were a lot of members of Congress, including Senator Markey, who believed those lies and voted to send us to war in Iraq. And you know, John, one of the toughest Questions I've ever gotten in my life was from an 18 year old Marine saying, why are we here? (02:40–02:47)

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Asserts that Senator Markey and others believed false information and voted for the Iraq War.

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