Video: Peace Makes Us Safe

On Wednesday, I was in Barrington for the Strafford County Democratic Committee’s NH-01 Candidate Forum. We covered a wide range of topics including the rising tide of war and violence around the world. Here’s what I had to say:

There is a profound misconception amongst our elected leaders that military might makes the people in our country and around the world safe, but while a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget and a massive stockpile of nuclear weapons may make the United States strong, it does not make us safe.

That’s why I vow to always stand for peace by fighting to restore funding USAID, demanding we re-enter international treaties to reduce the global stockpile of nuclear weapons, and introducing legislation to strip Donald Trump (or any US President) from sole authority to launch a nuclear strike.