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Tim Kaine: “The President is calling this a war over and over again.”

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

If You Make Diplomacy Impossible, You Make War Inevitable

Published April 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:59

I'm not trying to limit the President's war powers. I'm trying to enforce the Constitution. And the Constitution says you are not at war unless Congress votes to go to war. And The President is calling this a war over and over again. We can't spend money on childcare and Medicaid and Medicare because of all the wars we're fighting. You are not allowed to go to war without a vote of Congress. (03:59–04:02)

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Asserts that the President repeatedly refers to the situation as a war.

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