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Seth Moulton: “Under the Constitution, that means Congress must vote on…”

Featuring: Seth Moulton, Democratic | U.S. House Massachusetts, 6th Congressional District

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'This Sounds An Awful Lot Like The Iraq War 2.0...': Seth Moulton Trashes Trump Over Iran Attack

Published | Video Starts at 01:55

We should be authorizing this. The president didn't even try to explain that this was just a limited strike. He said outright, this is war. These are major combat operations. And Under the Constitution, that means Congress must vote on whether or not we send American troops to war. It seems that the only person that Trump cares about getting permission from is Benjamin Netanyahu. He hasn't asked the American people. He hasn't asked the US Congress. (01:55–02:02)

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Asserts that the U.S. Constitution requires a Congressional vote to send troops to war.

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