Tina Smith: “Peggy Flanagan and I say, hell, no [to building a mine for…”

“If you want a leader that will fight with me to protect the boundary waters from Chilean billionaires, you want to build that Mine. They want to build that mine for their profit, not our benefit. And Peggy Flanagan and I say, hell, no [to building a mine for Chilean billionaires' profit]. If you want someone, if you want someone who believes as I do, that ice is broken and that we need to tear it down to the studs and start over again.” (30:24–30:35)

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