Cory Booker: “It is a violation of our Constitution for the President of…”

“We are standing at a moment where our president is eviscerating the Constitution of the United States of America. And we're willing to go along with that today. No, no, not on my watch. I stand against this. It is a violation of our Constitution for the President of the United States to ignore the will of Congress and decide which states are eligible to grants and which are not. Well, we know something. In New York and New Jersey, I was a Newark elected official when 911 happened. I saw my first responders charging into those buildings.” (25:23–25:34)

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