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Peter Welch: “The Constitution entrusts our states, and, in the case of…”

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

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Peter Welch's Denouncement of Trump's Executive Order on Election Integrity

Published | Video Starts at 03:51

And they have labeled President Trump's claims about noncitizen voting as bogus. Their word, not mine. The order of the President also raises significant constitutional issues. Mr. President, The Constitution entrusts our states, and, in the case of certain core rules of conduct, Congress, with the authority to regulate elections, not the executive. The executive order President Trump has signed flips that framework and purports to vest the president with expansive new powers that he does not have, not just him, but any chief executive. (03:51–04:06)

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Asserts that the Constitution gives states and Congress, not the executive, the authority to regulate elections.

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