Elizabeth Warren: “Only Congress authorized any president to do this in a state…”

“Why does the president have the power to come out one day and declare 10% tariffs, then 54% tariffs, then on China, 145% tariffs? That's not what the President's job actually is. Only Congress authorized any president to do this in a state of emergency. And the idea behind this bill, which was passed a long time ago, was like, if we're at war, right, and we need to be able to get tariffs in …” (07:08–07:16)

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