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Mark Warner: “The power to declare war or take over a country is invested…”

Featuring: Mark Warner, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Sen. Mark Warner: Trump Is Talking About Invading U.S. Allies

Published | Video Starts at 12:20

He has said, how seriously do you take the idea that he would take over Greenland in some military. Operation? That's why our system was set up to say you got to have checks and balances. That's why The power to declare war or take over a country is invested with Congress. Yeah, but he's not respected that. So. But again, that goes back to they set up the Constitution because we were tired of a one man rule. (12:20–12:27)

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Asserts that the U.S. Congress holds the power to declare war or take over a country.

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