Trump Floats Declaring National Emergency To Build Border Wall

[iluvtennis]

@Goss30Goss 17h17 hours ago

This idiot needs to be stopped. Abusing the powers of the Presidency & talking gibberish has gone on long enough. This Trumpfuckery must end.

Link to tweet

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-national-emergency-border-wall_us_5c2fba6ee4b073352832b198?guccounter=1

President Donald Trump said in a Friday afternoon press conference that he could declare a national emergency over immigration at the southern U.S. border to circumvent the need for congressional approval to build a border wall.

Asked specifically whether he has considered granting himself the authority to build his much-discussed wall, Trump replied, “Yes, I have.”

“And I can do it if I want,” he told reporters gathered in the White House Rose Garden.

“We can call a national emergency and build it very quickly.”

----
What an idiot. And the GOP lets over 800,000 people remain unpaid for nearly 3 weeks now. #Enuf

[notdarkyet]

1. Need to stop him.

[flibbitygiblets]

2. This idea is going to get flushed like many other things Trump "floats"

I must say he's managed to change the narrative from the Dems taking the house. Just say something crazy!

[akraven]

3. What is he so scared of? nt

[PJMcK]

4. Losing his base (n/t)

[akraven]

5. Less than 15% of the general population.

And people who are uneducated, and don't care to be.

[PJMcK]

6. It's all he's got (n/t)

[iluvtennis]

7. Joyce Alene:A measure of dubious constitutionality like this would b ensnarled in lengthy litigation

@JoyceWhiteVance, 2h2 hours ago

A measure of dubious constitutionality like this would be ensnarled in lengthy, expensive litigation. The wall would not be built. This is nothing but sheer political drama from a Presidential who is all about the show.

Link to tweet

[beachbum bob]

8. if mcconnel allows this to happen, whats going to stop the next democratic president from

taking action that usurps the constitution?