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Tim Kaine: “President Trump yesterday said, called this war an…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Supporting Our Troops By Ending This Idiotic War

Published | Video Starts at 06:42

But when the civilians don't make good decisions, who is it that suffers? It's them. We've had seven troops come home to Dover with their families, warning that they'll not have any future. And President Trump yesterday said, called this war an excursion. Right. I mean, it was so disrespectful. So we are standing up for our troops and saying we shouldn't send our sons and daughters into war unless we can demonstrate that it's in the national interest. (06:42–06:46)

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Asserts that President Trump referred to the war as an 'excursion.'

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