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Mark Pocan: “We were able to get that cleaned up.”

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

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With Liberty and Justice for Some Ep. 65 – Just what is the 25th Amendment with Norman Ornstein

Published | Video Starts at 30:29

A provision all the statutes talked about the president and their wife, and nowhere did it ever assume we could have a woman or a gay man be president. And We were able to get that cleaned up. But all these other things, I mean, who would have thought a president would make money while in office or do some of the other things that we've just seen. (30:29–30:31)

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Asserts that the language in the statutes was updated to be more inclusive.

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