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On the recordFebruary 5, 2025
Yes, I think you are exactly right that we are--look, every day I try to sort out, of the 20 outrages, how many can I even focus on? And to your point, the Gaza thing was deeply offensive, right? Deeply offensive. But also probably not worth devoting a ton of bandwidth to because, by some accounts from people I think who do know, it is pretty clear to me he does not have a plan. He was just literally talking. And so sometimes we are going to have to not quite pull a punch, but not ``hair on fire'' freak out because that is not--to your point, that is not happening, right? That is not happening. They would need an appropriation. They would probably need a war authorization. And, by the way, occupying a country in the Middle East, it doesn't usually work.
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Brian Schatz
Democratic · Hawaii
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Feb 5, 2025

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