President Trump callously said, and I quote, we may have casualties that often happen in wars, dismissing the over 1,000 lives lost thus far, including six American service members and 175 at a girls school. The Republican run Congress sat idly by rather than returning to Washington to claim the war powers granted to it in the Constitution. And this subcommittee, rather than focusing on how Trump's war threatens the homeland, is holding yet another hearing on demonizing hard working immigrants. (00:46–01:00)
CLAIM
Asserts that the Republican-run Congress did not act to claim its constitutional war powers.
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