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Ron Johnson: “Under the Constitution, it is Congress responsibility to…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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WPT Here and Now - Interview with Sen. Ron Johnson

Published | Video Starts at 06:33

Instead, he went to the UN Instead he went to other allies and those were appropriate actions to take as well. But he never really came to Congress. And that's where, you know, let's face it, Under the Constitution, it is Congress responsibility to declare war. And, you know, so again, I think this administration has bungled the implementation of this. I think they probably waited too long and I'm concerned that this may be too little too late. (06:33–06:39)

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Asserts that the Constitution assigns Congress the responsibility to declare war.

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