Tom Emmer: “This is the first movement towards peace I would argue that…”

“The thing that you left out in that was that literally within the last hour or two, there was a prisoner exchange going on between the Russians and the Ukrainian. This is the first movement towards peace I would argue that we've seen since this war broke out. And hopefully what's going to happen here is exactly what President Trump said he was going to do, is get them both to the table and help them reach an agreement that can bring peace back to the region.” (00:32–00:39)

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