And I want to keep reminding all of us and across America what we're seeing is a president acting like a king, ignoring the laws that apply to the executive branch. Like, You can't fire inspector generals. but also stealing the power of the purse. And this is so important, because a fundamental difference between a democracy and a strongman authoritarian state is that the Congress representing the people that decides what programs will be funded and how much. (25:12–25:14)
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Asserts that the president cannot legally fire inspector generals.
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