Trump will declare a national emergency -- after signing bipartisan spending bill: McConnell

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Raw Story

SARAH K. BURRIS
14 FEB 2019 AT 15:14 ET

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said Thursday that members might be voting to vote to pass a funding measure to keep the government open, but he expects President Donald Trump to declare a national emergency.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that she would not fund Trump’s 2,000-mile concrete border wall, but would be willing to fund extensive border security measures and fund 55 miles of a fence.

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/trump-will-declare-national-emergency-signing-bipartisan-spending-bill-mcconnell/?utm_source=push_notifications

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[riversedge]

1. #BabyTrump needs his pacifier

[cstanleytech]

2. Expect a tit for tat then Mitch and do not whine when the next Democrat in office declares one to

institute medicare for all due to a national healthcare emergency not to mention an increase of taxes on the wealthy due to a national debt emergency as you and your party set the standard here.

[Sneederbunk]

13. Trump just setting the table.

[DirtEdonE]

3. IMO, declaring a fake national emergency

Is an act of treason.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. There are already 31 *OTHER* "National Emergencies" still going on right now

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/07/politics/trump-wall-active-national-emergency/index.html

All this fucking production has really gotten obscenely ridiculous.

[Cryptoad]

5. I can't wait until we have a rez in teh Whitehouse........

Oh no,,,,,,,, too many sick people with out insurance,,,,,,, National Emergency,,,,, medicare for all!

[TeamPooka]

6. I look forward to our climate change emergency, our gun violence emergency

I look forward to our climate change emergency, our gun violence emergency
Our ending prisons for profit/ending the drug war emergency

[flibbitygiblets]

16. Homeless emergency, people of color shot by cops, Russians hacking voting system emergency...

public officials corruption emergency, national poverty emergency, opioid epidemic emergency, lack of affordable healthcare emergency, people in Puerto Rico still having no electricity/food/water emergency, voting rights abuses emergency, drunk asshole and proven perverts on the Supreme Court emergency

I could go on for days.

[BigmanPigman]

7. When do you expect the emergency to be declared?

When one of his spawn gets indicted or on Fri. (since Fri. is a big surprise news day)?

[MontanaMama]

8. The fact that it hasn't been delcared to date

is proof that no emergency exists. Fucking drama queen MF45.

[OliverQ]

9. This is scary stuff. Feels like a dictatorship.

[Delphinus]

15. You said it.

[maxrandb]

10. Impeachment Hearings in the House better fucking start TOMORROW

I don't give a fuck if the Senate is a piece of fucking shit stuck to Donnie Short Fingers shoe...THERE NEEDS TO BE IMMEDIATE EMERGENCY IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS starting with 30 fucking seconds of him doing this fucking shit.

[Mr. Frost]

30. Impeachment is a waste

if you don't have the votes in the senate to convict. When the GOP impeached Clinton and never had the votes to convict, it costed them big by losing both house and senate. Let's not follow that route.

[Achilleaze]

11. KGOP tantrum to weaken America

just as the kremlin might wish.

[pwb]

12. He is so predictable.

And Pathetic. Playing right into our hands with his illegal over reach. We got him again.

[EleanorR]

14. There is no emergency on the border, all but the true nutjobs know that

But republicans will allow this to go forward.

[Judi Lynn]

17. 'Constitutionally Illegitimate': McConnell Confirms Trump Will Declare National Emergency to Build W

Published on
Thursday, February 14, 2019
byCommon Dreams


Republican Majority Leader says on Senate floor that he will support declaration legal scholars have called dubious

byJessica Corbett, staff writer

Just ahead of a series of votes on a "compromise" border deal in the U.S. Senate and House on Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that President Donald Trump plans to sign the legislation to avert another government shutdown but will also declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

McConnell said that he would support the bill that was negotiated with Democratic leaders—which will provide $1.375 billion for 55 miles of fences in Southern Texas and boost the budget of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by over $500 million—as well as the the emergency declaration.

When Trump first floated the idea of a national emergency last year, legal scholars immediately and forcefully denounced the threat, arguing that such a move would be "constitutionally illegitimate."

Video at link:

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/14/constitutionally-illegitimate-mcconnell-confirms-trump-will-declare-national

[bluestarone]

24. Like mentioned here before

The RETHUGS will follow this crazy bastard straight through HELLS GATES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Initech]

18. 25th amendment. NOW!

[Mr. Frost]

29. Will never happen

Gotta be realistic.

[earthside]

19. Trump aspires to be a tyrant.

Ruling by decree because he cannot get what he wants through the Constitutional process is tyranny.

Trump is not a conservative, he is not a Constitutionalist, and what is so disheartening is that the so-called 'conservative' Trumpians will shred the Constitution in order to support their 'Leader'.

Bad day for our constitutional republic.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Trump to sign border bill and declare national emergency to get wall funding

Richard Cowan And Steve Holland, Reuters February 14, 2019 at 03:45 PM

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump will sign a border security bill to avert another government shutdown, but also declare a national emergency to obtain funds for his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall, the top Senate Republican said on Thursday.

In an attempt to bypass Congress to get money that lawmakers have denied him for his wall, Trump appeared headed toward triggering a swift court challenge from Democrats on constitutional grounds.

"I've just had an opportunity to speak to President Trump and he, I would say to all my colleagues, has indicated he is prepared to sign the bill," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor.

"He will also be issuing a national emergency declaration at the same time and I've indicated to him that I'm going to support a national emergency declaration," McConnell said.

More:
https://taskandpurpose.com/trump-emergency-wall

[Totally Tunsie]

21. Bull Pucky.

[Judi Lynn]

22. Bloomberg: Trump to Sign Border Bill, Declare Emergency for More Wall Money

By Erik Wasson , Laura Litvan , and Anna Edgerton

February 14, 2019, 1:35 PM CST Updated on February 14, 2019, 2:45 PM CST
- Spending bills provide less border money than Trump sought
- Senate, House to vote Thursday on bills to avert shutdown

President Donald Trump will sign compromise spending legislation that would avert another government shutdown and declare a national emergency to get more money for a border wall from other parts of the federal budget.

“President Trump will sign the government funding bill, and as he has stated before, he will also take other executive action - including a national emergency - to ensure we stop the national security and humanitarian crisis at the border,” White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement.

After getting word from the White House, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will vote on the plan later Thursday. The House is set to vote later in the evening.

Democrats threatened to challenge an emergency declaration by Trump in court and some Republicans had sought to steer the president away from such an action by shifting money in other accounts. But McConnell said he “indicated to him I’m going to support the national emergency declaration.”

More:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-14/trump-seeks-clarification-on-border-deal-as-senate-prepares-vote

[Mr. Ected]

23. Remember, this is just theater for the base

Trump keeps them all in his back pocket and couldn't give two shits about the wall itself.

That's all they want - a fairy tale place to vent their anger at a world that is passing them by.

[metalbot]

27. I don't think he cares about the barrier parts of the wall

I think Trump views the wall as a monument to himself.

I don't think he cares about it at all as a barrier to immigration, crime, or drugs.

[Judi Lynn]

25. Mitch McConnell Says President Trump Will Sign Border Bill but Declare National Emergency

By ASSOCIATED PRESS 3:25 PM EST

(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will sign Congress’ border security compromise, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The announcement removed the last ounce of suspense over the fate of a bill that would provide just a sliver of the money Trump wants to build a wall with Mexico but also would avoid a new government shutdown.

But McConnell also said Trump would quickly declare a national emergency. The president has said that move would give him power to divert money from other budget projects into wall building.

McConnell also said he would support Trump’s emergency declaration. That was a turnabout for the Kentucky Republican, who like Democrats and many Republicans has until now opposed such a declaration.

The emergency declaration will inject the likelihood of fresh conflict between Congress and Trump over his efforts to build barriers along the boundary with Mexico. Opponents have said there is no crisis at the border and Trump is merely sidestepping Congress.

More:
http://time.com/5530006/trump-border-bill-national-emergency/

[Joe Nation]

26. I hope Trump wins the court challenge on this one but I doubt it.

It's a few billion dollars, so what. If the courts decide this isn't a violation of the Constitution, then Democrats are free to declare a National Emergency for healthcare, gun violence, climate change, or any other priority. This could be really sweet.

I'm pullin' for ya Donnie boy!

The Democrats are all like....

[Kurt V.]

28. at least i was wrong about another shut down.

i guess this will go to SCOTUS?