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Scott Calloway. And I'm Jessica Tarlov. In today's episode of Raging Moderates, we're discussing

Maga's Division over the war in Iran.

That's a segue.

And Christie Nome faces lawmakers for the first time since Alex Prattie's killing.

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All right, let's get into it for years.

Vice President J.D. Vance pitched Donald Trump

is the president who started no wars, the break from the Bush era hawks. Now, there are U.S.

strikes on Iran and American casualties climbing. Some inside MAGA feel betrayed. Others say this is

still America first. Let's watch how Vance is explaining the attack. Set back just a little bit. If you go back to Midnight Hammer in the summer,

what the president wanted to do with that mission was eliminate Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon,

and we did destroy the nuclear enrichment facilities during Operation Midnight Hammer over the summer.

Now here's the thing, Jesse, we destroyed Iran's ability to build a nuclear weapon

during President Trump's term. We set them back substantially, but I think the president was looking

for the long haul. He was looking for Iran to make a significant long-term commitment that they

would never build a nuclear weapon, that they would not pursue the ability to be on the brink of a

nuclear weapon. And after months, really, almost a year of painstaking diplomacy, what the president determined

is he didn't want to just keep the country safe from an Iranian nuclear weapon for the

first three, four years of his second term.

He wanted to make sure that Iran could never have a nuclear weapon.

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