@MShephardson@JoyceWhiteVance@PeterAlexander Exactly, I've been saying this too. Blame it on everyone else as to why he couldn't get it done. This is his 'out' to his after he backed himself into a corner.
Trump, questioned by @PeterAlexander, concedes there’s no national emergency to justify building his wall. “I didn’t need to do this.” “I just want to do it faster.” A gift to all the lawyers preparing to sue him.
Look. When I not surrounded by My best people - I have many many of My Best People - like My mobsters and con-artists and terrific crime family it's not a #FakeTrumpEmergency. It's a REAL emergency.
@occupycorruptDC@MACHTink@realDonaldTrump@JonahNRO Why did Trump wait to declare a national emergency and fund the wall until Dems had the House?
He had an all Republican house and Senate to approve his wall so why the two year wait on this "national emergency"?
@occupycorruptDC@MACHTink@realDonaldTrump@JonahNRO Illegal border crossing is at an all time low, and it was higher a year or two ago, so yes, those isolated, unrelated examples are a (sporadic) frivolous justification.
Why was a national emergency not declared in 2016 or 2017 when illegal border crossing was a bigger problem?
PER @ABC
To build his wall, via an unconstitutional grab of Congressional powers, Donald Trump will announce tomorrow that he is unilaterally taking $3.5 billion out of DoD military construction budget funds.
These funds benefit troops and their families.
Since Trump's people now chant "Finish the Wall" and believe much of it has been built, could he convince them Hillary has been locked up? I can already hear them chanting: "Keep her locked up!"
@TheDemCoalition It makes me a little angrier every day that the Electoral College ignored the popular vote and chose to put him in office. They literally created this, and every, difficulty the man mishandles.
Trump can shout lies as much as he wants from the Rose Garden. But the fact remains: The wall isn’t a national emergency, gun violence is.
#FakeTrumpEmergency#FAKENationalEmergency
For the confused:
- There is no emergency
- Immigrants are human
- Nazis are bad
- Border crossings are way down
- Immigrants commit less crime
- Abusing power is grounds for removal
- Doing nothing to stop this madness is complicity
#FAKENationalEmergency#FakeTrumpEmergency