Chris Van Hollen
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He's done exactly the opposite.
It was a complete and total lie, Ali.
And, you know, the president himself, you know, told the country last year that he had decimated Iran's nuclear enrichment program, obliterated it.
And then his DNI, Tulsi Gabbard, testified publicly the other day that Iran has made no effort to try to reconstitute Iran.
that nuclear enrichment program.
And so that was just a complete and total lie.
And as you and Ben Rhodes discussed, I mean, they're nowhere near any kind of ballistic missile that can reach the United States.
So this was all a fabrication by the President of the United States.
to try to justify his actions while Americans are hurting here at home.
We've lost 13 of our service members, hundreds wounded.
As you discussed, thousands of civilians killed in the region.
And we're paying $2 billion a day, we, the American taxpayers, while gas prices are going up.
And now Donald Trump says, well...
You know, we've got to cut back on other investments that are important to the American people.
This war should never have started.
We should end it now.
Donald Trump is talking about asking for another $200 billion.
And I can tell you, Ali, I won't vote for one more dime for this illegal war of choice.
You led people to believe that you had cut off all contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
after the 2005 encounter you and your wife had in his apartment.