we are in a democratic republic, that we have a framework of laws, of checks and balances that limit a President from doing something like that or to entangle other governments in our politics and in our domestic affairs
On the recordDecember 16, 2019
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Emphasizes the importance of checks and balances against presidential overreach.
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