Ilhan Omar

We are seeing an executive branch that has decided that they are no longer going to abide by the Constitution.

That's what he's talking about. The Palestinian people will remain in Gaza.

The checks and balances are working. What is not working is the way that the executive is behaving.

What is not working is the way that the executive branch is behaving.

The courts are the only recourse we have at the moment.

I'm pretty sure most of the people in Gaza would love to remain in their homeland.

That's just plain out ethnic cleansing and genocide.

The only recourse we have since our congressional leadership... will not stop the executive is through the judiciary.

Foreign aid... has not been popular with the American people.

That's why they're going through this illegal route.

That's just plain out ethnic cleansing and - and genocide.

Every single executive order that has been challenged in the courts was found to be illegal.

What we are witnessing is a constitutional crisis.

This is what the beginning of dictatorship looks like when you gut the Constitution, and you install yourself as the sole power.

We are witnessing a constitutional crisis.

We get to decide, we have the power of the purse.

The idea that a billionaire can wake up one day and decide to end life-saving international aid programs is undemocratic and outright dangerous.

How stupid do you have to be to be a member of Congress and think that you're calling for a member of Congress to be deported? What a dumba--!

And I think these idiots who buy their seats have no idea what true privilege it is to a member of Congress.

You know, I'm not a nepo baby. I had to crawl my way into Congress.

I just — it's stupid.

They have the power of the purse, and decide where money is allocated.

They’re trying to take away the constitutional power of Congress, [who] have the power of the purse, and decide where money is allocated.

They are trying to take away the constitutional power of Congress, [who] have the power of the purse.

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