During remarks on the Senate floor Monday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) spoke about President Trump saying he did not know if it was his duty to uphold the Constitution as the President.
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00:00Yesterday, Donald Trump was asked the easiest question in the world for a president.
00:04He was asked, don't you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States?
00:10Donald Trump's answer? I don't know. It's appalling.
00:14He doesn't know if he's supposed to uphold the Constitution. He swore an oath to that effect.
00:18He might have forgotten that.
00:21It's hard to imagine something more un-American than Donald Trump, the sitting president,
00:26saying he doesn't know whether he needs to uphold the Constitution.
00:30As I mentioned, just over 100 days ago, he raised his right hand, swore in front of the nation
00:34to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution.
00:37But no president has done more to disregard the Constitution and buck the rule of law than Donald Trump.
00:43And now he plainly admits it, almost proudly.
00:47One of the traits of a dictator, Madam President, one of the traits of a dictator is someone hostile
00:53to all forms of guardrails and accountability, who doesn't want to hear any dissent.
00:58Well, the Constitution is the ultimate guardrail, and Donald Trump thinks he doesn't need to obey it.
01:04Donald Trump is the embodiment of what the founders feared.
01:08Someone hostile, a president hostile to the rule of law, scared of debate, scared of opposition.
01:14He can't stand the idea of something restraining his power.
01:20So instead, he tries to crush anything he views as opposition.
01:25That's not strength.
01:26That's insecurity.
01:27Deep insecurity.
01:29Donald Trump is putting our Constitution through the shredder, and Senate Republicans are totally silent.
01:35They're complicit.
01:36They're watching the Constitution be ripped up.
01:39They say nothing.
01:40Nothing.
01:41Ten years ago, Republicans would have been up in arms, up in arms over the idea of a sitting president
01:47saying he doesn't know whether he needs to uphold the Constitution.
01:51Even a year ago, Republicans would have been up in arms had President Biden said,
01:56I don't know if he should follow the Constitution.
01:59So where?
02:00Where's the outrage from my Republican colleagues today?
02:04This much is clear.
02:07You cannot be loyal to both Donald Trump and the Constitution.
02:12The two are like oil and water.
02:14The American people deserve to know where Republicans stand, with the Constitution,
02:18or with Donald Trump as he rips it to shreds.