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Tim Kaine: “The Constitution is clear. We shouldn't be at war without a…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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That's the real source of the fentanyl problem. I don't know if he's thinking about Mexico because that's where so much of the fentanyl comes from. But The Constitution is clear. We shouldn't be at war without a vote of Congress. Those who think this war is justified, great. Let him introduce an authorization for military force and vote on it in Congress after a debate that the American public can see to make their own decisions about whether war is necessary in this circumstance. (05:26–05:33)

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