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Brian Schatz: “I have not yet seen in the last six months in this final…”

Featuring: Brian Schatz, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Hawaii

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Published | Video Starts at 30:06

But I will tell you, the thing that is most alarming to me is not the bad policy outcomes. And there are terrible policy outcomes. The thing that is most alarming to me is that I have not yet seen in the last six months in this final term of Donald Trump what I saw in the first term of Donald Trump, which is quite quietly, not rudely, not provocatively, but occasionally, this branch of government on a bipartisan basis stood up for itself. And those guys would say, look, we love you, Mr. Trump. We love you, Mr. President. But on this one, I can't be with you. (30:06–30:27)

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Asserts that Congress has not stood up for itself in the last six months of Trump's final term as it did in his first term.

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