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Jasmine Crockett: “Congressional Republicans have completely abandoned their…”

Featuring: Jasmine Crockett, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 30

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Rep. Jasmine Crockett Exposes Trump's 'Autocracy Machine' in a Hard-Hitting Opening Statement

Published | Video Starts at 00:45

Increased risk of being deported to foreign nations, even if you are an American citizen. And you're at an increased risk of being targeted by federal government for criticizing the President and his friends. Congressional Republicans have completely abandoned their Article 1 powers and have exchanged their responsibility to their constituents with fealty to the President. They have allowed the President to morph federal agencies into instruments of autocracy. And as a result, the President has been able to ignore federal law, disregard court orders, and implement the largest pay for play scheme in American history. (00:45–00:53)

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Asserts that Congressional Republicans have abandoned Article 1 powers in favor of loyalty to Trump.

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