Q: "The Vice President said yesterday that he would not describe the conflict with Iran as a war...If this is not a war what exactly is it?" President Trump: "I call it a military conflict because it's small potatoes for us."

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Q: The family members of US service members are concerned about the conditions on the USS Lincoln TRUMP: No they're not Q: Has the deployment gone on too long? TRUMP: No no no. Not nearly long enough.

Q: What do you say to voters who fear that democratic socialism could turn into communism? FRANCESCA HONG: No. This is a state where we will still have a $2.33 tipped minimum wage and $7.25 minimum wage. It's gonna be hard to turn that into socialism soon, but what we can do is make sure we fight for policies that put working class people first

Q: If you're elected governor, what's the first thing you want to do? FRANCESCA HONG: We want to make sure we call a special session for the legislation on a moratorium on data centers