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  • 2 days ago
Speaking to reporters, Speaker Johnson was asked if he'd take up Rep. Thomas Massie's (R-KY) foreign powers resolution on the floor.
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00:00Come to the floor. I don't think this is an appropriate time for a war powers resolution and I don't think it's necessary. Listen, for 80 years, presidents of both parties have acted with the same commander in chief authority under Article 2. You had President Biden used three times in Middle East operations. President Obama went on an eight month campaign bombing Libya to take down the regime there. I never heard a Democrat balk about any of that. And suddenly now they're just up in arms. It's all politics.
00:28This is not a time for politics. This is a very serious issue.

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