Cory Booker: “This president is giving us a master's class in our own…”

“Now, we fought a revolution to stop exactly this, a ruler, from taking public funds and doing whatever they want with no checks and balances. This president is giving us a master's class in our own democracy by tearing it down. This is ridiculous that a president should be able to appropriate money to himself, Congress's job, and then give it out to people who beat police officers.” (00:44–00:49)

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