The danger of this global court has only continued to grow. Today, it threatens every aspect of our political and legal system. Border patrol agents removing violent criminals from our country. American marines risking their lives to defend our homeland. Prosecutors working to dismantle terrorist plots to attack and kill Americans. If we stand idle, all of them would be at the mercy of foreign judges thousands of miles away, facing the constant risk of prosecution and even imprisonment for the so called crime of defending their own country. The American people never agreed to any of this. And they never will read the words of our declaration of we fought a revolution against a foreign power transporting us beyond seas to be tried to for pretended offenses. (01:36–02:01)
CLAIM
Asserts that U.S. law enforcement and military personnel could be prosecuted by the ICC for defending the country.
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