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bigtree

(85,996 posts) Fri Feb 15, 2019, 12:36 PM Feb 2019

Trump on national emergency: "I didn't need to do this." A gift to all the lawyers preparing to sue

Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance 20m20 minutes ago
Trump, questioned by @PeterAlexander, concedes there’s no national emergency to justify building his wall. “I didn’t need to do this.” “I just want to do it faster.” A gift to all the lawyers preparing to sue him.

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Trump on national emergency: "I didn't need to do this." A gift to all the lawyers preparing to sue (Original Post) bigtree Feb 2019 OP

In what passes for a brain inside that pumpkin head of his, The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #1

That will be in a TRO filing this afternoon jberryhill Feb 2019 #2

Wouldn't it suck to be the poor government lawyer who has to stand in front of a judge The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2019 #3

The only thing saving us from Trump's authoritarian rule is Trump himself marylandblue Feb 2019 #4

It is the saving grace of evil stupid people jberryhill Feb 2019 #10

I sometimes wonder if his staff cringes when he makes statements like that. Arkansas Granny Feb 2019 #5

I'm sure Stephen Miller did. lark Feb 2019 #7

impossible job bigtree Feb 2019 #9

His comment that it was used on other things not so important as his Wall... Pachamama Feb 2019 #6

"I have the most unnecessary emergencies! Very unnecessary! Very very unnecessary!" struggle4progress Feb 2019 #8

The Democrats should at once duforsure Feb 2019 #11

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)

1. In what passes for a brain inside that pumpkin head of his,

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 12:39 PM

Feb 2019

it's an emergency because he wants to have it done in time for the 2020 election.

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

2. That will be in a TRO filing this afternoon

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 12:39 PM

Feb 2019

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,686 posts)

3. Wouldn't it suck to be the poor government lawyer who has to stand in front of a judge

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #2)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 12:40 PM

Feb 2019

and try to defend this dog's breakfast?

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)

4. The only thing saving us from Trump's authoritarian rule is Trump himself

Reply to bigtree (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2019, 12:42 PM

Feb 2019

He is so bad at it, he just shoots himself in the foot. The first rule of grabbing power through a fake emergency is that you never admit what you are really doing.