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Peter Welch: “President Trump and his allies pretend that he has this…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Floor Remarks on Trump’s Misguided Mandate.

Published | Video Starts at 08:09

What comes first, last and always are these tax cuts that explode the deficit and go to folks who are not now paying their fair share. So as long as President Trump and his allies pretend that he has this massive mandate to literally disrupt and throw out the traditions and norms in guardrails of democracy. that is something I and so many of my colleagues will resist. We can't do that. The law matters. Respect for your opponents matters. (08:09–08:27)

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Asserts that President Trump and allies falsely claim a massive mandate to disrupt democratic norms.

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