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Tim Sheehy: “There's no physical ability to stop traffic in the straits.”

Featuring: Tim Sheehy, Republican | U.S. Senate from Montana

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Senator Sheehy joins The Ingraham Angle - May 12, 2026

Published | Video Starts at 02:06

Because they were still taking shots at us, which keeps the barges out of the strait. Yeah. We also have to remind folks that the straits obviously are not closed. There's no physical ability to stop traffic in the straits. What there is, is there a commercial tolerance for risk to transit vessels through the straits? (02:06–02:09)

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Asserts that the Straits of Hormuz cannot be physically blocked.

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