Beto O'Rourke: “Donald Trump has defied the federal courts, this co-equal…”

“You think about the last six or seven months of this administration since Donald Trump has been sworn in just to lay out some of the top line so that we're all on the same page. He Donald Trump has defied the federal courts, this co-equal branch of government, rejecting ignoring their court orders one after another. He has dismantled congressionally mandated and chartered and appropriated agencies like USAID or the Department of Education or Meals on Wheels, another co equal branch of government.” (12:15–12:26)

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