Pelosi announces vote to override Trump's veto

[Miles Archer]

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Speaker Pelosi on upcoming House override vote of President Trump’s first veto: “On March 26, the House will once again act to protect our Constitution and our democracy from the President’s emergency declaration by holding a vote to override his veto.”

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[Skidmore]

1. Start hammering Senators. nt

[tritsofme]

6. It's up to House Republicans at this point.

If they uphold the veto, there will be no override vote in the Senate.

[malaise]

2. This is very important

Force them to take a stand one way or the other

[Miles Archer]

5. I think it's even more important than the first vote

Siding with Trump a second time will be seen as "doubling down."

This will be incurably toxic for the Republicans who were called out after the first vote.

I have my doubts. but perhaps self-interest and career preservation will win the day...if they can get over the fear of Trump's anger and being "primaried" on November 2020. At this point, they should remember last November's blue wave, and fear voters more than Individual 1.

[Demsrule86]

8. I agree and since the house controls purse strings...it is even more significant.

[paleotn]

20. Bingo

On record, baby! We may not have the 2/3's required, but this legislation is now weaponized and the tables are turned for a damn change.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. The problem is most of the GOP caucus are moral cowards.

[yaesu]

23. and who knows how many are being held hostage by russian hacked emails

afraid to do anything bad against the russian agent tRump.

[dalton99a]

4. Good. Let them defend the dictatorship

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Go get those bastards, pronto!

Override that veto.

[C Moon]

9. Uh oh. Cornering the GOPutin.

[barbtries]

10. how cold will it need to be in hell

on the day the senate takes that vote?

[Volaris]

24. Mitch McConnells reptilian demon-testicles would have to freeze and fall off first.

[lagomorph777]

31. I'd pay to see that!

[world wide wally]

11. Forget the part about the wall and focus on the Constitution

[keithbvadu2]

12. Overriding the veto is completely up to the republicans. They have the power here.

Overriding the veto is completely up to the republicans.

They have the power here.

A few republicans can look tough on the first vote but the override vote will tell.

They want their cake and eat it too.

[lagomorph777]

32. Voters have the power here.

Let's see if the Reptilians understand that.

[Cha]

13. Kick for Nancy!

[Still In Wisconsin]

14. There's no way 2/3 of the house will vote to stop Drumpf but this is still a good move by Pelosi.

Make every one of those rats go on record as having voted THEMSELVES into irrelevance with respect to separation of powers as described in the US Constitution.

Then, in 2020 when we elect a Democratic President, they can reap the whirlwind.

[lagomorph777]

33. 3/3 of the House voted against Turd. Senate's a different problem, but let them hoist themselves

by their own petard.

[Goodheart]

15. I think Pelosi made a mistake by holding the first vote.

She afforded trump an opportunity to perform a constitutional act with his veto, in a sense adding legitimacy to his emergency declaration. Better, I believe, if she had just said from the beginning that his unconstitutional declaration would be canceled in court, that she would not dignify it with an act which he could veto, and filled suit.

[Honeycombe8]

18. I don't know. If it goes to Court...

I think it might be important to show the Court that majority of Congress was against it. Otherwise, the WH could argue that if Congress didn't agree with it, they had an opportunity, even the duty, to prevent it.

There are some things the legislature must do. Protecting its authority, or trying to, is one of those things, I think.

[Raster]

25. I disagree wholeheartedly...

...Speaker Pelosi is the Leader of the House of the People, and the people have spoken and will continue to speak against this unlawful power grab. She did the right thing. It is time for EVERY AMERICAN to VIGOROUSLY OPPOSE the actions of this would-be tyrant, in whatever form.

[lagomorph777]

34. I completely disagree from the depths of my heart. Pelosi did exactly the right thing.

Dems are the only thing standing between America and annihilation. She swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. She is upholding her oath of office, in stark contrast to the majority of Senate Reptilians.

[Raster]

35. Thank you!

[flying_wahini]

16. And that's exactly why we needed Nancy in the Speaker position!

You go, Girl!

[Miigwech]

17. Go Nancy Go ...

We trust you! We are with you!

[lindysalsagal]

19. She's a strategist, our Nancy. It's a win-win, either way. Q: Who will play Nancy in the TV series w

when everything is eventually revealed in 10 years?????

[mac56]

22. Christine Baranksi

[Progressive Jones]

26. LOL nt

[lindysalsagal]

28. DONE!

[boston bean]

30. Do you watch her in the good fight? Season 3 just started up.

Excellent show.

[Duppers]

21. The Senate.

We cannot forget the Senate's power and how that body might vote.

[procon]

27. Everything hinges on Senate Republicans.

Likely, McConnell won't let it even get to the vote, and all of this will collapse.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

37. The lovely Lindsey Graham proving for all to see he's a raging hypocrite

wants to rehash and re-investigate and waste everyone's time and resources and TAX PAYER $$$ on her emails owing to a Blackberry fixation.

Lindsey is brazenly giving tRump a pass for his
insistence on using his insecure iphone. Not to mention handing over national security intelligence to Russian diplomats in the Oval Office.

The double standard has got to go.

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-10-25/trump-iphone-is-a-national-security-risk

[beachbum bob]

29. GOP's worse nightmare and well deserved

THe House GOP will no longer be able to "hide" and will be placed "on the record" on either supporting the constitution they took an oath to uphold or kneel before a dictator sitting in the whitehouse. 2020 is approaching and america will not forget who's side you are on.

GOP's worse nightmare and well deserved

[NBachers]

36. How do the "Problem Solvers" feel about this?

[Firestorm49]

38. Good Luck. We're still fighting a house fire with a garden hose.

[Uncle Joe]

39. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Miles Archer.

[usaf-vet]

40. As a former service member who took essentially the same oath to....

.... support and defend the Constitution against ALL enemies foreign and domestic.

I have no recollection of there being any exceptions to the oath.

I don't remember being told that it was all right to ignore the oath if a member of your political party ignores the CONSTITUTION.

Or that we who took the oath owe more allegiance to a party member or a rouge party official who ignores the CONSTITUTION.

It seem fairly simple to me if you put yourself in a position where you are ignoring the CONSTITUTION you are for that reason in that instances an enemy of the Constitution.