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Ted Cruz: “The president's oath of office is specified in the text of…”

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Defending Democracy - Trump Will Win at the Supreme Court | Verdict Ep. 194

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… of the United States, and that demonstrates he's not an officer in particular, section three bars from office, those who have taken an oath to, quote, support the Constitution and The president's oath of office is specified in the text of the Constitution. And it is not, in fact, an oath to support the Constitution. It is an oath to, quote, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution. I'm not terribly persuaded by that argument. It is technically right that the word support is not there, but that would. (24:27–24:34)

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Asserts that the president's oath of office does not include the phrase 'support the Constitution.'

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