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Liz Cheney: “A president of the United States, through executive action…”

Featuring: Liz Cheney, Republican | Former U.S. House, Wyoming

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One-on-one with Liz Cheney _ Cap Times Idea Fest

Published | Video Starts at 27:39

The kind of tariffs that he's talking about, the extent to which they could crater our markets and choke off free trade, he doesn't need Congress to do that. You know, A president of the United States, through executive action, can impose the kind of really damaging tariffs he's talking about. Not to mention, like every single day, he's tossing out some new free thing. He says, I don't know what the latest one is, but so on economic policy, I think there's real question about what he's proposing. (27:39–27:47)

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