Seth Moulton: Republican Veterans In Congress Are Scared Of 'Draft Dodger' Donald Trump

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In an interview on "Forbes Newsroom," Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) spoke about private conversations he has with Republicans in Congress.

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00:00Well, maker as a member of Congress, how imminently are you expecting to see that travel ban?

00:07That's even more, as you said, expansive than his first terms travel ban.

00:11I don't know.

00:12But the irony is that when Trump goes around and bans people from coming to America from

00:16countries like Afghanistan, Iran, Yemen, he's banning the people who are our allies.

00:23It's people who leave these evil regimes that want to be on our side.

00:28That's why they're getting persecuted.

00:30That's why they have to give up everything they have back home to come to a free country

00:34like the United States of America.

00:36Donald Trump just doesn't get this.

00:38Remember, he dodged the draft to avoid serving in Vietnam.

00:42So he's never been on the ground in a war.

00:44He's never had to ask local allies for help, for help understanding the population, for

00:49standing alongside him in a gunfight.

00:52He's never understood what it means to be a refugee, to be someone who's trying to escape

00:57an evil regime and come to a country like America.

01:00So the Trump administration just doesn't get this.

01:04And what's most frustrating is that veterans, veterans who have served our country honorably

01:08and understand how important it is to save these allies, they're not standing up to the

01:13Trump administration.

01:14You've got a lot of Republican veterans serving in the White House.

01:17You've got Republican veterans in Congress who are privately decrying what Trump is doing.

01:22And yet they're so scared.

01:24They're so scared of Donald Trump, this draft dodger, that they won't say anything publicly.

01:29That is shameful.

01:30Why do you think that is?

01:31Because I've talked with some members of the four country caucus, Democrats and Republicans

01:35alike.

01:36They've said privately they can have fun with each other.

01:40Also talk and make and try to come up with bipartisan legislation here.

01:45What are those conversations like in the four country caucus?

01:47And are you speaking about those members of Congress when you say privately they say one

01:52thing about President Trump and publicly they say another?

01:55When I talk about Republicans who privately say one thing about Donald Trump and publicly

02:00say another, I'm talking about the majority of Republicans in Congress because they know

02:06that so much of what Musk and Trump are doing is unconstitutional.

02:11It's against the law and it's certainly against the will of Congress.

02:15And yet they're just so scared of Donald Trump.

02:17I don't know.

02:18They're losing their jobs, getting primaried by him, having Musk put in a ton of money

02:23that they're afraid to speak up.

02:24This really is starting to look like a dictatorship, an authoritarian regime where political dissent

02:31is not allowed.

02:33It's time for some political cartridge among Republicans to just say publicly what they're

02:38saying privately and what they know is the right thing to do.

Seth Moulton: Republican Veterans In Congress Are Scared Of 'Draft Dodger' Donald Trump

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