And in fact, they decided that in our system, they don't want a king like figure being able to unilaterally decide to send American men and women to war. That's why In Article 1 of the Constitution this power [to declare war] was explicitly given to the Congress. and it's now the Congress's responsibility to go on record because Donald Trump has unconstitutionally and illegally chosen to launch a war. He's describing it as a war. (03:58–04:04)
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Asserts that the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.
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