VIDEO: PRESSLEY, COMMUNITY LEADERS CALL FOR SHIFT IN NATIONAL PRIORITIES: AWAY FROM WAR, TOWARD OUR FAMILIES

Washington, Aug. 13 -- Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley issued the following press release:

Dorchester presser comes as Trump continues war with Iran and proposes $1.5 trillion military budget while exacerbating affordability crisis and attacks on immigrant communities "It is much easier instead for this man to scapegoat immigrants, to vilify our neighbors, than to make good on his promises. It's much easier to inflate the military budget to $1.5 trillion and throw our country deeper into an endless war with Iran than to create lasting peace." Video (YouTube) BOSTON - Yesterday, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Massachusetts Peace Action and Dorchester community leaders for a press conference to call for a fundamental shift in our...