In at least two instances, there were survivors who, instead of being arrested if they were narco traffickers, were instead repatriated back to Colombia and Ecuador and. Hmm, so maybe they weren't narco traffickers. The framers of the Constitution believe strongly that no president...should be able to go to war without a vote of Congress. vote of Congress. And this president, President Trump, was waging war in the Pacific and Caribbean and even stating that he may intend to now wage war against the sovereign nation of Venezuela without coming to Congress. (00:32–00:42)
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Asserts that the framers of the Constitution intended for Congress to vote before the president can go to war.
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