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Mark Pocan: “Donald Trump is not a king. He is elected. He has to follow…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Discussion on NLRB, Labor Rights, and Social Security with Norb and Donald

Published | Video Starts at 01:25

And his power to remove federal officials and honest civil servants like plaintiff is not absolute, but may be constrained in appropriate circumstances as our president here. So, you know, basically they're saying what many of us have said. Donald Trump is not a king. He is elected. He has to follow the law. He has to follow the Constitution. He hasn't been fortunately that member Wilcox had been reinstated because of that judge. But we're watching Donald Trump continue to try to gut the Department of Labor. (01:25–01:31)

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