There's no way they would allow the president to override that by declaring this fake national emergency.
Ted Lieu: “There's no way they would allow the president to override that by declaring this fake national emergency.”
On the recordFebruary 14, 2019
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Lieu criticizes Trump's declaration of a national emergency as unconstitutional.
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