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Tim Kaine: “They could not provide clear evidence that all of those…”

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

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My Speech Ahead of the Senate's Vote on My War Powers Resolution:

Published | Video Starts at 04:06

No answer to the question of why not interdict it was asked over and over and over again. And aside from asserting we have the ability to do what we did, they could not provide an answer about interdiction. They could not provide clear evidence that all of those boats actually had narcotics on them. even though they knew we would be asking that question. And so legal rationale, all they said was the president has an Article 2 ability to undertake these actions. (04:06–04:15)

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Asserts that the administration has not provided evidence that targeted boats contained narcotics.

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