Transcripts for CNN New Day With Alisyn Camerota and John Berman 20191018 11:42:00

constitutional concern. let's play a quick game of what would the founders say. george washington warned us that history inexperience proved one of the most baneful foes of republican government. it was also a core concern of alexander hamilton where he argued that foreign powers will also not be idle spectators. they will interpose. the confusion will increase and a disillusion of the union ensue. look. that's serious stuff even if it wasn't catchy enough to make the musical. even back then, everyone knew the concern. while foreign money would grease the wheels of corruption. and that's why the founders warned about the corrupting influence of money and gifts. the incident that spurred it is absurdly small. concern that a miniature portrait of the french king might corrupt the judgment of benjamin franklin. so they passed the emoluments clause. so if a tiny portrait got the founders freaked out, it's safe to say they would have really

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