Tulsi Gabbard

And how does that serve our national security interests?

How does that serve – how does that make us safer?

And so as you were explaining this situation, it is a very similar situation.

And whether the kind of lead time or the –

you know, consequences of this funding and who are we actually supporting and what are they doing with that money and what are their objectives, you may have your own pie-in-the-sky fantastical ideas about what you're doing, which is often the case, especially with my former party.

But it's not Democrats alone.

There were Republicans who supported that under President Obama, as I'm sure there may be some now with this funding.

You know, they say, oh, well, this is what we are trying to achieve.

But very often it is not at all rooted in reality and the world that we live in.

And so I just – it's kind of like a blast from the past as you were talking about how we are yet again arming terrorists to our own detriment as a nation.

And I remember –

First of all, I sent out a blast to every member of Congress, encouraging them to co-sponsor the Stop Arming Terrorists Act.

And...

It was my version of what you went through with the petition.

Very, very few.

And I don't remember the exact number.

I think we got... I'd have to go back and look at the number, but I think we got like Rand Paul in the Senate to introduce it in the Senate.

But a very small handful of members of Congress actually signed on to this legislation.

Why?

They tell themselves that...