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Beto O'Rourke: “It's unconstitutional what [the President] is doing with…”

Featuring: Beto O'Rourke, Democratic | Former Candidate, Governor of Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 1:04:35

I mentioned some of those on the democracy side, you know, ending Citizens United so that we don't have this flood of corporate money that is buying the outcomes of elections, constraining the actions of the President. I mean, It's unconstitutional what [the President] is doing with these tariffs right now. But you have a supine Congress that is unwilling to take the fight to him and is essentially abnegating its role to that President right now. (1:04:35–1:04:39)

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Asserts that the President's actions regarding tariffs are unconstitutional.

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