Ro Khanna on MS NOW's the Last Word with Jonathan Capehart discussing funding the war in Iran
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Leading off our discussion tonight,
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Democratic
Congressman Bro Khan of California. He is a member of the House Armed
Services and Oversight Committees. Congressman, always great to see you.9 seconds
Thank
you for coming back to the last word. What do the developments today
tell us about Iran's capabilities versus what the White House is saying?20 seconds
Well, first of all, my thoughts are with the service members and their families.26 seconds
A heroic ejection from the F-15. I hope we get the other crew member. But this shows what so many of us on the Armed34 seconds
Services Committee know that Iran, a country of 90 million, is a dangerous nation with a sophisticated military.44 seconds
And it makes no sense for us to have 7,000 troops in the region, for us to be putting our pilots and service members52 seconds
at risk. We are unnecessarily jeopardizing American lives. We've already lost 13 service members, many1 minute
been injured, and we're unnecessarily hurting families here at home with gas prices up, with utility prices up, with1 minute, 9 seconds
the cost of farming up. We need to end this war. We need Trump to stop the bombing, Israel to stop the bombing,1 minute, 16 seconds
Iran to stop the bombing, and have a ceasefire. Congressman, how concerned are you about this missing service1 minute, 23 seconds
member given the comments um that we've heard from the president that could violate international law?1 minute, 32 seconds
Well, I'm very concerned. I mean it's uh we have the technology now that allows uh ejections out of these airplanes and1 minute, 39 seconds
it's extraordinary what our military has done but the real danger is when they are in enemy enemy territory how they1 minute, 47 seconds
can survive and the Trump escalation and rhetoric is actually putting not just uh this service member at risk uh for1 minute, 55 seconds
retaliation it's putting all our troops in the region at risk and let's be very clear Trump is threatening war crime2 minutes, 3 seconds
crimes. You cannot kill strike uh electricity plants. You cannot strike civilian targets. We don't do that as a2 minutes, 12 seconds
United States of America. We are supposed to follow international law.2 minutes, 16 seconds
That's the type of things that Vladimir Putin does. That's the war crimes that Netanyahu committed. And we need to be2 minutes, 24 seconds
loud and clear that Donald Trump should not be threatening war crimes on behalf of the American people.2 minutes, 31 seconds
Congressman, let me get you to turn your attention state side and and find out from you. What do you make of Donald2 minutes, 38 seconds
Trump's daycare comments given his astronomical budget request today?2 minutes, 45 seconds
Well, it's absurd. This is not America first, this is America last. I mean, he wants to increase $400 billion so we can2 minutes, 54 seconds
spend on wars abroad. You know what I want to do? I want to spend that money on Americans. And he's talking about a3 minutes, 1 second
10% budget cut for Americans. Let me explain what that means. It means if you're struggling out there with higher3 minutes, 9 seconds
uh
electricity costs, now he's going to take money away from the
electricity assistance. It means he's going to take money away from the
health care3 minutes, 16 seconds
assistance
that families get. It means he's going to take money away from the
money communities get to build roads and bridges. for the $400 billion
dollars3 minutes, 25 seconds
that
he's giving to the war in Iran. We could have free public college in
America. We could have a thousand new trade schools. We could have child
care3 minutes, 32 seconds
for everyone at $10 a day. We could pay starting teachers $60,000. I call it a new economic patriotism. He's about3 minutes, 40 seconds
America last. I'm about investing in this country. That's what the Democrats are about.3 minutes, 46 seconds
Congressman Rohan of California, thank you as always for coming to the lastFollow along using the transcript.
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