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Elizabeth Warren: “If [Donald Trump] breaks this country, if he breaks sort of…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Talk Easy Interview with Senator Elizabeth Warren on Constitutional Crisis and Public Education

Published | Video Starts at 01:19

And I'm worried about every part of what's happening in our country right now. And that one sounds so abstract, but for me it just instantly clicks to, If [Donald Trump] breaks this country, if he breaks sort of our, you know, three parts of government, the legislature rights the laws, the executive administers those laws and the courts enforce to make sure everybody's followed those laws. If he breaks that, it means for lots of families, for good families, for people who work hard and play by the rules, the implications move to things like grandma … (01:19–01:36)

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Asserts that Donald Trump could disrupt the balance of power among the three branches of government.

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