Peter Welch: “President Trump has done is run roughshod over that, showing…”

“And the national security had the connotation and implication of a military threat to our country where there needed to be immediate executive action to protect the citizens of this country. What President Trump has done is run roughshod over that, showing no restraint and, and using that delegation of authority not for a national emergency. but for whatever his latest policy idea is and whatever leverage he wants to extract, we cannot allow that to happen and maintain the separation of powers that is absolutely so fundamental to the long term well being of our country.” (02:59–03:10)

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