Former U.S. Marine Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to speak about the recent New York Times bombshell that Russia put a bounty on U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
While speaking with host Lindsey Reiser, Gallego teared up as he offered an apology to U.S. troops for Donald Trump.
“You’re a veteran, what’s your reaction to this?” Reiser asked the Marine veteran.
“It’s heartbreaking,” Gallego replied.
“I remember being a young guy in Iraq, sometimes feeling abandoned by my government. And right now, there’s a young man or woman in Afghanistan that’s reading this and what are they feeling?” he wondered. “Their own president is hanging them out to dry for some reason, some obsession for Putin.”
“I want to apologize to all of our members of the military, I’m so sorry this man is your president,” Gallego said. “This is not how it should be.”
Take a look at his remarks in the video clip below:
