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Ben Wikler: “You cannot go to war without going to Congress.”

Featuring: Ben Wikler, Democratic | Chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin

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Coffee with The Contrarians

Published | Video Starts at 31:07

Either they're unconstitutional acts of war or their grave, profound human rights violations, murders, essentially, that Trump is committing with the euro due process. It's one or the other. You cannot go to war without going to Congress. And this is an old autocratic playbook. I don't want to sound hysterical, but there is a thing. It's called wag the dog. (31:07–31:11)

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Asserts that going to war requires Congressional approval.

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