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Stacey Abrams: “He's planning to ask Congress for as much as $200 billion in…”

Featuring: Stacey Abrams, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Georgia

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Trump Risks American Lives for Attention (w/ Chris Hayes)

Published | Video Starts at 14:36

That's Strawberry Me assembly. It's like therapy for your career. So there are reports that say as part of his dictatorial aspirations, you know, He's planning to ask Congress for as much as $200 billion in additional funding for Iran. And even if it ends up being only half that, that is an extraordinary amount of money for what they routinely refuse to describe as a war. (14:36–14:43)

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Asserts that [the President] is planning to request $200 billion from Congress for Iran.

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