Tammy Baldwin: “The reason we need hearings is to allow the American public…”

“Thereafter he talked about their ballistic missile program. Thereafter, he talked about regime change. Now he's talking about protecting the Straits of Hormuz. And we keep hearing reason and shifting rationale. Look, The reason we need hearings is to allow the American public to have a say in this war. This president went to war, a war of choice. We were not under attack. We were not under imminent threat of attack.” (00:58–01:07)

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