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Hakeem Jeffries: “This wannabe king [is] trying to strip away congressional…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 14:12

Was that all a lie as well? Because under this president, my Republican colleagues who continue to act like nothing more than reckless rubber stamps for Donald Trump's extreme agenda, ignore his behavior. This wannabe king [is] trying to strip away congressional power as it relates to the appropriations, strip away congressional power as it relates to tariffs, and strip away congressional power as it relates to the declaration of war. The Constitution is not ambiguous about all of these things, and yet we see Republicans continuing to bend the knee to their wannabe king. That's not us and it will never be. (14:12–14:31)

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