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Phil Weiser: “The fact that this president has run roughshod over the…”

Featuring: Phil Weiser, Democratic | Attorney General of Colorado

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Phil Weiser, Democratic nominee running for Colorado governor | Colorado Point of View

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Our state under the U.S. constitution and has sovereignty. We manage elections, the time, place and manner. That's our constitutional right. We manage our criminal justice system. The fact that this president has run roughshod over the Constitution, seeking to dictate to us and take away our rights, that's not okay with me as attorney general. That won't be okay with me as governor. As attorney general and as governor, when this administration follows the law and works to do what it should do, which is … (14:21–14:31)

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Asserts that the president has violated the Constitution by trying to dictate to states and infringe on their rights.

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