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Rep. Seth Moulton: "Was this a murder or was it an execution?" [View all]
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) speaking to Alex Witt this afternoon:
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...what I'm seeing is a group of federal officials who are not only murderers or executioners - that'll be the debate you know - was this a murder or was it an execution?
I'm also seeing federal law enforcement officials who are absolute pathetic cowards - and let me be clear I say that as a U .S. Marine veteran someone who's been in combat who's seen a lot worse than this, and these guys are cowards.
It turns out these folks are Cusman's border patrol we've seen it from ICE officials as well there's multiple officers trying to wrestle this guy to a grant to the ground - he is lawfully
carrying a weapon.
They disarm him, and then they shoot him in cold blood. This is the kind of stuff that you see in movies from Iran, from North Korea, from the Nazis in Germany. This is Gestapo type stuff happening in the streets of America.
And it's got to stop, stop. And let me tell you one other thing. The other cowards in this equation here, the other cowards are the Republicans who continue to enable this president
and secretary of Homeland Security.
Tom Emmer represents Minnesota. He's the third ranking official on the Republican side in the House of Representatives.
Where is he where is he today? He seems to be more interested in defending this president and secretary of homeland security than the American citizen shot dead in Minnesota.
I voted against funding for ICE just this past week. I voted against the entire appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security because of exactly this stuff going on in our streets.
But that's not enough. You can't enforce the law if you think you're above it. And just like American citizens can be prosecuted, these federal law enforcement officials need to be prosecuted.
I think that should be the clear-eyed determination of every Democrat and, frankly, any Republican with a shred, a shred of moral credibility right now in America.
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...what I'm seeing is a group of federal officials who are not only murderers or executioners - that'll be the debate you know - was this a murder or was it an execution?
I'm also seeing federal law enforcement officials who are absolute pathetic cowards - and let me be clear I say that as a U .S. Marine veteran someone who's been in combat who's seen a lot worse than this, and these guys are cowards.
It turns out these folks are Cusman's border patrol we've seen it from ICE officials as well there's multiple officers trying to wrestle this guy to a grant to the ground - he is lawfully
carrying a weapon.
They disarm him, and then they shoot him in cold blood. This is the kind of stuff that you see in movies from Iran, from North Korea, from the Nazis in Germany. This is Gestapo type stuff happening in the streets of America.
And it's got to stop, stop. And let me tell you one other thing. The other cowards in this equation here, the other cowards are the Republicans who continue to enable this president
and secretary of Homeland Security.
Tom Emmer represents Minnesota. He's the third ranking official on the Republican side in the House of Representatives.
Where is he where is he today? He seems to be more interested in defending this president and secretary of homeland security than the American citizen shot dead in Minnesota.
I voted against funding for ICE just this past week. I voted against the entire appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security because of exactly this stuff going on in our streets.
But that's not enough. You can't enforce the law if you think you're above it. And just like American citizens can be prosecuted, these federal law enforcement officials need to be prosecuted.
I think that should be the clear-eyed determination of every Democrat and, frankly, any Republican with a shred, a shred of moral credibility right now in America.
watch:
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