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Peter Welch: “There will be consequences, but when it is on us, because we make a voluntary decision about how we're going to execute…”

On the recordOctober 22, 2019
There will be consequences, but when it is on us, because we make a voluntary decision about how we're going to execute, and the consequences are that innocent lives are lost, that is not subject to being washed away because it's quote, realistic.
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Peter Welch
Democratic · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Welch criticizes the consequences of U.S. policy decisions affecting innocent lives.

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