Shapiro: Trump ‘accumulated way more power than our founders would have hoped’

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Sunday said following President Trump’s Independence Day address that the commander in chief has “accumulated” more power than the founding fathers would have hoped for, echoing consistent criticism from Democrats.

“Only more recently do we have an executive who, again, I think has accumulated way more power than our founders would have hoped or would have liked who’s trying to restrict liberty, who’s trying to put a litmus test on who gets more liberty than others,” Shapiro said during an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I think it’s really dangerous and destructive, the language the president, by the way, even more so the vice president uses, that tries to separate out certain Americans and determine which one gets liberty, which one gets freedom and which one does not?” he added. 

Trump’s Saturday speech was delayed due to weather and largely focused on his vision for America’s future after 250 years of independence.

“Our founders not only won our liberty, they secured it with the most righteous political document ever conceived. It’s called the Constitution of the United States. Very special. And it’s because of their genius that we remain the finest people on the planet after 250........

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