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Elissa Slotkin: “A lot of the things we thought were laws, we thought were…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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Bill Maher and Elissa Slotkin talk Iran War, Cost of Living, and the Future of the Democratic Party

Published | Video Starts at 04:55

Have earned a billion dollars since he became president. So we're going to have to grapple. But the bigger question for us as Americans, as it turns out, A lot of the things we thought were laws, we thought were real rules, were actually just kind of traditions. right? We had presidents who just, they would feel ashamed if they got involved in business dealings in the middle of their administration, and there just wasn't real law there. (04:55–05:02)

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Asserts that many assumed laws are actually traditions without legal enforcement.

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