Edward Markey: “If the President were to attempt by order, directive, order…”

“No taxation without representation. Ensuring that each community, each state, has their own representative selected in elections conducted by the voters in that state, by the leaders in that state. And If the President were to attempt by order, directive, order or coercion to nationalize our commandeer state run elections, that action would be unconstitutional. it would be illegal, and it would be without effect. It would be a violation of the Constitution. And let me be clear about one final point.” (05:39–05:52)

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