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Wednesday on CNBC\u2019s \u201cSquawk Box,\u201d\u00a0House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) said the Trump administration has presented \u201czero evidence privately or publicly that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America\u201d from Iran.<\/p>\n
Co-host\u00a0Joe Kernen said, \u201cYou talk about some of the objectives that haven\u2019t been, we haven\u2019t actually accomplished yet. In your view, isn\u2019t it possible that that maybe we could accomplish them if we either go through negotiations or continue to put the pressure on you think we should unilaterally just stop?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jeffries said, \u201cI think that we have to end this reckless war of choice that Donald Trump never came to Congress to get authorized in the first place and more importantly, never actually made the case that the American people. The so-called expert should understand that the administration has presented no evidence, zero evidence, privately or publicly, that there was an imminent threat to the United States of America in terms of Iran\u2019s ballistic missile capacity. And that was no threat that Iran was actually close to nuclear breakout, or had demonstrated the intention to take steps to get to nuclear breakout, and so the objectives that the administration allegedly is trying to achieve can\u2019t be accomplished militarily. And there was no reason to go in in the first place. Or if there was, the administration has actually failed in a classified briefing setting or certainly failed to communicate that evidence to the public. Why? Because it does not exist.\u201d<\/p>\n
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