Democrats on Twitter cry #FakeTrumpEmergency after White House declaration

[DonViejo]

Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY Published 1:04 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2019 | Updated 1:06 p.m. ET Feb. 15, 2019

President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday to secure funding for a proposed border wall, but many Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the move.

"I didn't need to do this: I just wanted to (build the wall) much faster," Trump said in the White House Rose Garden. "The only reason we're up here talking about this is because of the election."

Many Twitter accounts for Democrats and left-leaning groups and politicians were quick to latch onto the Trump quote and soon declared it a "#FakeTrumpEmergency," which started trending nationally Friday morning on the social media platform with other variants like "#FAKENationalEmergency" and "#TrumpFakeEmergency."

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Trump said he expects a legal battle over his declaration, but said, "We’ll win, I think."

Democratic House and Senate leaders Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., issued a joint statement while Trump was speaking, saying the president was "outside the bounds of the law."

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[NewJeffCT]

2. Hasn't the White House legal team

been trying to convince the courts to ignore what Trump says and tweets and focus on the actually policy?

[Submariner]

3. We have such a dumb f*cked up government

We have a so-called president who is clearly unstable and thus demonstrating that he is mentally ill, yet we allow him to stay in office and keep control of nuclear weapons. And we know he is on the road to starting a war with Iran.

He needs to be removed from office and sent to the psych ward for evaluation. It's driving me nuts watching the news media to continue to ask him new questions, when he should be questioned about the lie he just told a minute ago, and hour ago, etc....

[happybird]

4. +1000