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Nikema Williams: “Trump cannot go to war or lead with military aggression…”

Featuring: Nikema Williams, Democratic | U.S. House Georgia, 5th Congressional District

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Congresswoman Nikema Williams Discusses Trump's Unilateral Military Actions and Congressional Authority

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

So we get our updates in a classified setting so that I get the real information, not what is put out on Twitter. So who knows what is true, what is not true? But one thing remains clear. Trump cannot go to war or lead with military aggression without the authorization from Congress. And he lied to the American people when he said he was going to work to bring peace to the region, to the Middle east, and that he was going to get us out of these wars, these forever wars, the. (01:35–01:43)

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Asserts that the President needs congressional authorization for military aggression.

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