‘What’s it Gonna Take?’ Angus King Warns Americans to Realize We Are In ‘Biggest Constitutional Crisis’ In U.S. History
Sen. Angus King (I-ME) issued an ominous warning to Americans this week, warning them it’s time “to wake up” and realize the country is in a major “constitutional crisis.” King joined some of his fellow Democrats who have warned in recent days that Elon Musk’s unilateral shuttering of federally mandated agencies is illegal and a violation of Congressional power.
King posted a clip from a recent floor speech he gave to X and wrote, “We are in the middle of the biggest Constitutional crisis our nation has ever seen & every day we’re inching further from the democracy our founders created.”
“Now is not — and cannot be — the time to stand idly by. I’m urging my colleagues to wake up & protect this institution,” added the longtime Independent, who caucuses with the Democrats.
King’s comments are particularly notable as he is one of two Independents in the U.S. Senate, but unlike Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), King is a true moderate and often endorses Republicans in his state – like Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME).
The clip King shared was part of a Senate floor debate on DOGE, in which he said, “What’s it going to take for us to wake up? And when I say us, I mean this entire body to wake up to what’s going on here? Is it going to be too late?”
“Is it going to be when the president has accreted all this power and the Congress is an afterthought? What’s it going to take?” King continued, adding:
I mean, the offenses keep piling up. And as I said, leaving it to the courts, number one is a cop out at number two, when the vice president said something, I can’t remember exactly what he said, but why should we– the court should not have the power to do this.
And, of course, the president over the weekend famously quoted Napoleon, ‘When you’re saving your country, you don’t have to obey any law.’ Wow. A president of the United States quoting Napoleon about not having to obey the law.
King was referring to Vance’s statement slamming a judge for barring DOGE from accessing sensitive systems at the Treasury Department. “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,” Vance wrote on X, sparking an immediate outcry from critics.
Watch the clip above.
