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turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 05:53 PM Feb 2019

Even Republicans say Trump national emergency is a 'dangerous' mistake

By Dan Desai Martin - February 15, 2019

Even Trump's most obedient lackeys are saying a national emergency declaration to build a wall is going too far.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) will gleefully vote to put a belligerent alleged attempted rapist on the Supreme Court, but even she can’t stomach the idea of Trump declaring a national emergency to build a border wall.

Collins said it would be a mistake to declare a national emergency in this case, would undermine the role of Congress, and would be “of dubious constitutionality.”

The statement came just before Trump’s Friday morning declaration of a national emergency as a way to pilfer billions of dollars to build a wall. Trump made the announcement after signing a funding bill that contained far less money than he demanded.

But before Trump officially declared a national emergency, criticism for the plan came from all corners of Congress.

https://shareblue.com/trump-national-emergency-wall-republicans-dangerous-mistake/


Hey Rubio and Collins, if you saw what your "leader" was ranting about and showing his absolute clusterfuck of thinking in real time to the country and the world , was and is a malignant narcissistic psychopathic insanity traitor.

My question is, are you going to still put his nominees on the courts that will back this asshole.......................because you can whine all you want but the courts that you are packing with these Federalist Society assholes, support this man in a lot of instances........................that is a fact...............

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Even Republicans say Trump national emergency is a 'dangerous' mistake (Original Post) turbinetree Feb 2019 OP
I'm not holding my breath for them to do more than "tsk tsk" at Lil Donny NewJeffCT Feb 2019 #1
yea, too late idiots. The genie is out of the bottle. Afromania Feb 2019 #2
Typical irrelevant comments from Rubio and Collins. madaboutharry Feb 2019 #3

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
1. I'm not holding my breath for them to do more than "tsk tsk" at Lil Donny
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 05:55 PM
Feb 2019

I'll be stunned if there is more than token opposition

Afromania

(2,768 posts)
2. yea, too late idiots. The genie is out of the bottle.
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 05:58 PM
Feb 2019

The only way to contain this would be to vote with us to shut the emergency down.

madaboutharry

(40,208 posts)
3. Typical irrelevant comments from Rubio and Collins.
Fri Feb 15, 2019, 06:01 PM
Feb 2019

They put out some kind of "disapproving" message and then they both end up folding when it counts.

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