House Democrat Gives Trump Stark Reminder About Presidential Duties
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Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) excoriated the president Wednesday for suggesting that he doesn't need to uphold the Constitution because he was elected.
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) reminded President Donald Trump that he has a duty to uphold the U.S. Constitution, following brazen, repeated suggestions that he shouldn’t be limited by the court system because the American people elected him.
“The notion that because he won an election that he should be able to ignore the Constitution or violate our laws is preposterous,” Goldman said on CNN’s “The Arena with Kasie Hunt” on Wednesday. “Every president wins an election.”
“That does not mean that they get to just make up whatever laws they want and decide which ones they’re going to comply with and which ones they aren’t,” he argued. “Donald Trump does not get to decide what the law is, the Supreme Court and the judiciary does.”
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