Connects NC emergency declaration, vulnerable GOP senator

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09/04/19 08:40 AM
By Steve Benen

As Hurricane Dorian continues to threaten the southeastern United States, Donald Trump announced via Twitter last night that he was “getting the North Carolina Emergency Declaration completed and signed.” That made sense; the deadly storm isn’t far from the state’s coast.

But in the same tweet, the president also said that he was moving forward with the emergency declaration “at the request of” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).

And if that seemed odd, there was a good reason for that: it’s not up to senators to request emergency declarations from the White House; it’s up to governors ... under federal law ...

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-connects-nc-emergency-declaration-vulnerable-gop-senator

[lark]

1. Drumpfs tiny little orange fingers were moving, so it's automatically a partisan lie.

Always!