The Democrats didn't say anything when Barack Obama launched airstrikes against Libya, when Barack Obama launched airstrikes against Syria. They did nothing. They were quiet. They cheered them on, so on and so forth. The President of the United States does have constitutional authority for strikes when it comes to military force. That's why they're the commander in chief. And so a lot of colleagues on Capitol Hill, they're talking about the War Powers Act. (01:42–01:50)
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Asserts that the U.S. President has constitutional authority to conduct military strikes.
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