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In reply to the discussion: Trump Says He Won't Declare National Emergency to Build the Wall...For Now: 'We Want Congress to... [View all]Efilroft Sul
(3,578 posts)22. Exactly what I was thinking.
Sooner or later, this emergency/not an emergency logic will sink in at the White House, and a LIHOP/MIHOP situation could occur that gives Trump declarative authority that fulfills this wish of his plus the opportunity to strangle democracy in a way that both he and Putin find most satisfying.
And the MAGAbillies will applaud.
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DonViejo
Jan 2019
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How can you have an emergency in the future if it's not an emergency now?
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Jan 2019
#19
The House has done it's job, passed funding legislation to reopen the government. It's the Senate
sinkingfeeling
Jan 2019
#2
Donny, Donny, I know it is easy for an old guy to get confused... Senate, not House.
LakeSuperiorView
Jan 2019
#12
Translation: He was told he could not do it without risking being impeached.
cstanleytech
Jan 2019
#13
If you can wait to decide whether to do it, it's not an emergency.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jan 2019
#26
Border security also wasn't an "emergency" for the past 2 years when R's held all 3 branches
flibbitygiblets
Jan 2019
#33
At least there's still one grown-up in the room talking him off the ledge...
meadowlander
Jan 2019
#35