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Shelley Moore Capito: “I think this was a tough decision. I think that they were…”

Featuring: Shelley Moore Capito, Republican | U.S. Senate West Virginia

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Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on affordability, SCOTUS decision and shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 02:34

… people, including the duty to pay taxes and tariffs, are funneled through the legislative process for a reason. Do you agree? Was this an example of presidential overreach? You know, I think this was a tough decision. I think that they were deciding on a very narrow, whether the President could use a certain narrow Emergency Powers act to impose tariffs. And he was shut down there and he expressed his dismay there. So I think he's looking for other ways to use tariffs to get really. (02:34–02:48)

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Asserts that the decision was about whether the President could use a narrow Emergency Powers act to impose tariffs.

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