Trump Voters Love this Democratic Governor (ft. Gov. Andy Beshear)
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What are the financial and human costs of the conflict with Iran?
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Governor Beshear, thank you so much for making the time to be with us today. Happy to be on. Thanks for the invitation. Before we start, if you aren't already, please make sure to subscribe to our YouTube page to get up-to-date coverage on everything happening. All right, so let's bust right into it. The US has spent over $11 billion in the first week of fighting with Iran. Gas prices are nearing a four-year high. The US is releasing 172 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. Israel is bombarding Lebanon, and Iran continues to retaliate against US and its allies across the region. Just a few days ago, we learned that the seventh US service member to die in this conflict was Army Sergeant Benjamin Pennington, a Kentucky resident.
He died Sunday after sustaining injuries during an attack in Saudi Arabia. Governor, what are your views here? Should the US be in this war or is there a different scale of operation you would have supported? Well, let me first say we're thinking about the family of the soldier from Glendale, Kentucky, the seventh fatality. The other six were not from Kentucky, but they were under the command of a group out of Fort Knox, and so we grieve for them. As I think about this conflict, I always start with the thought that first, the U.S. military is exceptional, and even if we disagree with the decision makers, we need to support those troops. And the second piece that the Iranian regime had murdered tens, if not hundreds of thousands of people and fostered terrorism all throughout the world.
But with that said, if you are gonna put American troops in harm's way, the first thing you have to have is a clear justification. And the justification of the Trump administration has changed, what, four times over 10 days? And it keeps changing. The second is you need an imminent threat to move from diplomacy to use of force. It appears Donald Trump wants to start with force and then maybe get to diplomacy. The third, and Iraq and Afghanistan should have taught us this, is you have to have a plan for day two. What does winning look like? What is the result? You know, we hear Donald Trump now saying unconditional surrender. after he previously said regime change. And then he says, but we're killing anyone who might be able to surrender.
There is no clear plan by this administration for what winning looks like. And then the last piece is you've got to conduct it in a way that gives time for our troops to prepare so that we can reduce or eliminate casualties, as well as for people to get out of the region, which did not happen. So what is clear here is that Donald Trump ordered these strikes without doing the preparation, without doing his homework. He's talked about wanting it to go like Venezuela did. That means he didn't take the time to understand the Iranian society and this Iranian regime because they are very clearly different. So given we are where we are here and now, if the administration were to call you and say, what would your advice be for the war moving forward?
If you were President Bashir right now, they inaugurated you tonight, how would you handle this war? What would you do? Given where we are, I think that what winning looks like has to be the elimination of the Navy and the missile capacities, elimination of an ability to make a nuclear bomb.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the financial and human costs of the conflict with Iran?
0:00–7:44
2
How does Governor Beshear view the U.S. military involvement in the Middle East?
7:44–15:57
3
What are the implications of the DOJ lawsuit on voter registration in Kentucky?
15:57–26:11
4
How does a Democratic governor gain support from Trump voters in a red state?
26:11–31:28
5
What policies is Governor Beshear implementing to support young men in Kentucky?
31:28–36:24
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