That's what he and his side are forgetting...public (Reply #41)

In the discussion thread: In 21 (now 19) days MF45 will declare a national emergency [View all]

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Sat Jan 26, 2019, 06:42 AM

41. That's what he and his side are forgetting...public

support. Like he thinks he did a great thing by opening the government and paying them and now it's a new ball game and the public and Dems in Congress will suddenly ALL change their minds and believe in him and support him.

That's where he is delusional. Nothing has changed.

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In 21 (now 19) days MF45 will declare a national emergency [View all]	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	OP
OK, this is like the fifth thread on this nonsense already	manor321	Jan 2019	#1
Have you posted that 5 times?	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#14
He won't be allowed to do that. If it was an emergency...	brush	Jan 2019	#37
Bet his staff screamed at him yesterday	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#42
None of those people are thinking clearly either.	brush	Jan 2019	#57
Looks like he will have to come up with the provisions	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#59
Totally correct. Pelosi owned him	sharedvalues	Jan 2019	#52
It's possible certainly.	David__77	Jan 2019	#2
Ha!	Mme. Defarge	Jan 2019	#3
He'll sign a meaningless piece of paper	Orangepeel	Jan 2019	#4
Precisely this.	VOX	Jan 2019	#9
Say he declares, what would he have do to get $$? Assuming it was all on the up and up, and true	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#24
A real emergency allowing him to move funds would mean	marylandblue	Jan 2019	#33
Why do you say that? Based on all I have read, he	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#64
I may be wrong, but I don't think he can reprogram the money that way	marylandblue	Jan 2019	#65
If both houses vote to end the emergency that would	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#66
I can imagine him giving up, because I used to work with a malignant narcissist.	marylandblue	Jan 2019	#68
You may be right. The word is definitely out, if you notice every	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#70
He can declare an emergency, but his reallocation of funds will be challenged in court.	YessirAtsaFact	Jan 2019	#5
" The president not getting his way isn't an emergency. "	shanny	Jan 2019	#15
Maybe threats to invade Venezuela. nt	tblue37	Jan 2019	#35
I've thought about that.	shanny	Jan 2019	#36
Nope.	NurseJackie	Jan 2019	#6
You don't think he will?	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#16
No, he won't do it, he's been neutered, and it wouldn't work anyway.	marylandblue	Jan 2019	#7
He has been publicly humiliated. Look what happened	doc03	Jan 2019	#8
Agree. He is probably fuming like crazy now. Despite what people here say...the	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#19
That sounds half like Sarah Baghdad Bob Sanders.	greyl	Jan 2019	#10
Yup.. he's probably been screaming at her all day	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#20
He is against a wall, so to speak.	sheshe2	Jan 2019	#11
Does he have to justify calling a national emergency? Who knows what will happen after but he can	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#18
And the courts will deny it.	sheshe2	Jan 2019	#22
Again, someone files a suit showing harm	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#28
Which courts?	oberliner	Jan 2019	#46
No justification required, but it also gives him no extra authority	marylandblue	Jan 2019	#34
No. He won't.	shanny	Jan 2019	#12
If he tries it, the courts will strike it down...	regnaD kciN	Jan 2019	#13
+1	dalton99a	Jan 2019	#17
So you are saying that he tries to declare a national emergency then someone has to sue him?	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#21
No.	sheshe2	Jan 2019	#23
Right. But someone has to file a suit first. And show harm	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#27
I'm saying that if he declares a national emergency Congress CAN sue him...	regnaD kciN	Jan 2019	#39
Which courts will strike it down?	oberliner	Jan 2019	#47
interesting question	Hermit-The-Prog	Jan 2019	#67
Nope	budkin	Jan 2019	#25
he may well try that in 21 days. But that means Nancy et al have 3 weeks to plan a response	fishwax	Jan 2019	#26
If the Mueller Report	Turbineguy	Jan 2019	#29
Do you think this is likely?	oberliner	Jan 2019	#48
Hopeful	Turbineguy	Jan 2019	#49
He'll probably pull some crap to appease his base,	radius777	Jan 2019	#30
He may have some emergency powers but they'll be limited	struggle4progress	Jan 2019	#31
That's what he and his side are forgetting...public	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#41
People forget that power is built constantly of thousands of little daily interpersonal acts	struggle4progress	Jan 2019	#43
So true, & great quote S4P! For a government worker,	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#45
Let him. Nothing will come of it.	Codeine	Jan 2019	#32
That's how they got him to give up this round.	Grammy23	Jan 2019	#38
Perfect assessment Grammy! Watching the	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#40
If your house is on fire, be sure to call the fire department in 3 weeks.	Vinca	Jan 2019	#44
The question is, will he turn on those who are now criticizing him?	Buckeyeblue	Jan 2019	#50
No he won't. Stop with the despair talking pts	sharedvalues	Jan 2019	#51
"Stop with the despair talking points?" How about	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#54
Ok. Please go slow with the despair talking points.	sharedvalues	Jan 2019	#55
LOL. Touche. What's funny, is that there isn't a despair	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#60
Nope. Unless there is an actual emergency or Trump is able to create an actual emergency.	Freethinker65	Jan 2019	#53
The Dems need to counter his argument that they want Open Borders	Grammy23	Jan 2019	#56
I think he will declare an emergency rather than shut down the government again.	Cold War Spook	Jan 2019	#58
I heard Fox and Friends say this morning that the president won't care what's going	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#61
He might blatantly ignore laws,	Cold War Spook	Jan 2019	#62
Been reading up on it. Doesn't sound like he has to actually deploy military	Laura PourMeADrink	Jan 2019	#63
He probably can.	Cold War Spook	Jan 2019	#69

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