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Jay Furman: “The President can walk right through anything trying to stop…”

Featuring: Jay Furman, Republican | Former Candidate, U.S. House Texas, District 28

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Jay Furman's Campaign for Texas Congressional District 28: Border Security and Political Reform

Published | Video Starts at 41:26

And he hasn't stopped just at our border. So in that war declaration he actually has the War Powers Act. And so he can, the, The President can walk right through anything trying to stop him because his principal job as Commander in Chief is to stop a foreign invasion. There's nothing more SAN For a U.S. president to do and more important than he does. And he needs to be left alone to do it eventually get Congress in there to, to support that, that declaration of war. (41:26–41:37)

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Asserts that the President has the authority to act decisively against foreign threats under the War Powers Act.

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