Top Democrat Leader Shreds President Biden - 'He Needs To Come To Us Now'

Hey ladies and gentlemen this is Carmine Sabia for Explain America and one top Democrat leader

has just torn President Joe Biden to shreds. Before we get started please make sure you like

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channel continue to grow. Now I'm going to start this by telling you right off the bat

I think that what President Biden did in striking the Houthis in Yemen was 100% within his

rights as president. He was defending troops and our shipping and he doesn't need congressional

approval to do a defensive strike. Now should this grow into a bigger conflict and I got to

tell you guys it's something the media is probably not telling you. I think we are knocking on the

door dangerously close to an actual head-to-head war with Iran which I believe is inevitable

We've been kicking the can down the road for decades but I think that confrontation is inevitable

I think it is coming whether you support it or not whether I support it or not any of that is

irrelevant to the point that I think that it's coming. But the top progressive Democrat, the

leader of the progressive caucus in Congress, she's furious with Joe Biden over this and I'm

going to show you the video of her tearing him apart but then I want your opinion on what she

said. Do you agree with her? Do you disagree with her? What is your opinion on this entire situation

in Yemen? Let me know in the comments please. Also please remember to like, share, and subscribe

because it really helps us out. I'm Carmine Sabia for Explain America. We love you guys. God bless you

Take care everybody. That you're objecting to is that the object of the strikes themselves or is it that the president

engaged in them without congressional approval or both? It is the latter. It is that the president engaged in these strikes without seeking congressional

approval and this is a long debated issue of course because Article I of the Constitution

gives the power to declare war to Congress. Article II gives the power to the president to

direct military forces as commander-in-chief. And so just backing up, in 1973 amidst a, you know

the disastrous war in Vietnam and the ways in which the United States was pulled into that

conflict, little by little Congress decided to reassert our congressional authority by passing

the War Powers Resolution of 1973. And in the War Powers Resolution it specifically articulated

the instances where the president can, you know, can initiate use of force and military actions

that commit United States forces. And there were three instances. One was a declaration of war

Two is statutory authority is given. And three is instances where the United States faces an

emergency attack on the United States or on its possessions or territories. Now

the intent here was to say that the president must be in consultation whenever possible

with Congress. And in fact, Section 3 of the War Powers Resolution says that. It specifically says

in every circumstance where possible, the president must consult with Congress so that

we have both Congress and the president weighing what the course forward should be. In this

situation, Ali, what the president did is consult with a huge number of allies. It took weeks

And in fact, you know, the White House was telegraphing that there was going to be some

retaliation. So there was certainly time and space to come to Congress and consult with Congress and

ask for our authority, particularly given that the reason that the Houthis, and you know, this is a

violent extremist group. We obviously have to deal with the Houthis, but particularly because the

Houthis were saying that the reason that they're doing this is because of the war in Gaza. And so

I think that the implications of all of this are that the United States could be pushed into a

significant set of hostilities and a committing of our resources, and that is something that

Congress should consider. I don't think we can anymore say that we are in danger of the Gaza

war spreading. It is already happening, and it is happening right here before our eyes

So I spoke to your colleague Gregory Meeks yesterday, and he was saying that the president did

inform Congress. There's a distinction here in what you're talking about, about informing Congress

versus consulting with Congress. Some might say you're splitting hairs. Others might say we got

ourselves into a war for a very long time in Iraq, and by the way, Vietnam, which was never a war

It was always some kind of action. So the War Powers Act was meant to constrain the president

not give them extra freedoms. That's right. And there is a big distinction. It isn't splitting

hairs. It is a big distinction between informing and consulting with and seeking authority from

Congress. And so in this case, that third instance that I mentioned of when there's an emergency

attack, in that situation, the president must inform within 48 hours, must inform Congress

And so I think that this situation is one where clearly there was the time and space

and the intent of Congress in the War Powers Resolution was to say that in every circumstance

Democratic president, Republican president, whatever the circumstance is, we need to ensure

that Congress is consulted. And again, I would just say that particularly given the circumstances

here, given that this is in the Middle East, given that Israel's war on Gaza is continuing and it has

significant consequences for us to be drawn in as the Houthis want us to be drawn in, I would argue

I think that this is absolutely a circumstance where the president is required to consult

with Congress and I think needs to come to us now and ask for authorities for anything further

that they intend to do. I'm an economics guy, so I'm very interested

Thanks