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Jamie Raskin: “There are only Congress could decide, we're going to pass a law to allow the post office or the president to…”

Featuring: Jamie Raskin, Democratic | U.S. House Maryland, District 8

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The problem is, as this judge found in a very important ruling, that the Trump administration keeps trying to stick its nose into state electoral administration when it has no constitutional role. There are only Congress could decide, we're going to pass a law to allow the post office or the president to get involved in the administration of elections. We have not passed such a law. The president's got nothing to do with it, so he should go off to Mar a Lago and let us have a democratic election. (04:46–04:55)

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Asserts that only Congress can pass a law allowing federal involvement in election administration.

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