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Hakeem Jeffries: “There's nowhere in the United States Constitution where it…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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'No Justification For A Regime-Change War': Hakeem Jeffries Slams Trump For Strikes On Iran

Published | Video Starts at 06:43

And Donald Trump said very clearly, keep protesting, help is on the way. And this, and this then led to concerns from him on the nuclear program. There's nowhere in the United States Constitution where it says that we are to be the police men and women of the world. I mean, that's the reality. Yes, we are the leaders of the free world at this particular point in time. (06:43–06:52)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution does not mandate global policing.

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