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J. D. Vance: “If the President of the United States thinks that he has to…”

Featuring: J. D. Vance, Republican | Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 08:52

I think that we're going to make a lot of progress over the next 20 days. I think that we're nine days into this thing. But If the President of the United States thinks that he has to extend this order to ensure that people have access to public safety, then that's exactly what he'll do. If he thinks he doesn't have to do that, obviously he'll make that determination. But what we're going to do is try to empower these guys to do as good … (08:52–09:00)

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Asserts that the President may extend an order to ensure public safety.

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