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Jeff Kaufmann: “He can't do that. I mean, our checks and balances in our…”

Featuring: Jeff Kaufmann, Republican | Former Iowa State Representative, Chairman of the Republican Party of Iowa

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The Cities | Jeff Kaufmann, Iowa Republican Party Chairman

Published | Video Starts at 21:30

Essentially, we've already sought and we had the same Armageddon scenarios there and none of that happened. The Democrats, Armageddon scenarios, that he's going to declare himself an authoritarian. He can't do that. I mean, our checks and balances in our Constitution will absolutely, positively not do that. I tell my students there is zero chance. That is fantasy world crap. To think that any president whatsoever could change the basic back and forth of the checks and balances. (21:30–21:38)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution's checks and balances prevent a president from becoming authoritarian.

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