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Cory Booker: “We swore an oath in this body to defend the Constitution.”

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Published March 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:18

It is a surrendering of our duties. It is a submission. Before Donald Trump and his authoritarian like inclinations to declare war and not come to Congress as the Constitution dictates. We swore an oath in this body to defend the Constitution. Our fealty should be to the Constitution and not what this president's doing. So, Mr. President, we bring war powers resolutions and we will bring more. (05:18–05:23)

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Asserts that members of Congress have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution.

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