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Seth Moulton: “Trump did not care to get the permission of the American…”

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

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'The president is putting thousands of lives at risk': Rep. Seth Moulton on strikes on Iran

Published | Video Starts at 05:50

So we wanted to get things started before Congress actually weighed in. You have to ask that question because at the end of the day, it seems that Trump did not care to get the permission of the American people, get the permission of Congress. The only person he, the only person he seemed to care about was Netanyahu. Netanyahu supports these attacks and he obviously went to Netanyahu even though he hadn't gone to Congress or the American people. (05:50–05:57)

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Asserts that Trump did not seek approval from Congress or the American people for the attack.

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