Tulsi Gabbard: “Brett McGurk himself, who served under the Obama…”

“But that, that does sound like, I mean, you know, a talking point of the Assad regime. I mean, that, that the Assad regime has said this is just about the truth. I mean, Brett McGurk himself, who served under the Obama administration and again under the Trump administration, he was been quoted saying that al Qaeda is stronger than ever before and their stronghold is in Idlib. So why is Trump then making threats to anyone who threatens to go after them in Idlib, that he will use our military to go after them? How do you explain that?” (10:20–10:32)

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