An Emergency for the G.O.P.

[OKTexas]

‘Once again, congressional Republicans are facing a gut-check moment, forced to choose between supporting and defending the Constitution or Donald J. Trump. It’s not looking good.

House Democrats introduced a joint resolution of disapproval on Friday aimed at canceling President Trump’s bogus national emergency at the southern border.

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Once the resolution clears the House, the Senate is required to hold its own vote within 18 days — meaning the majority leader, Mitch McConnell, cannot do his usual stonewalling. Even so, with Republicans in control there, and loath to irk the president, the resolution is widely expected to die. At that point, it will be up to the courts, where multiple suits have already been filed, to grapple with this out-of-control executive.

It is not too late to stop this legislative cop-out. Critical principles are at stake — Congress’s power of the purse, the separation of powers — that transcend any one declaration or leader. Members of both parties need to make clear that a presidential pique is not the same thing as a national emergency, that a president who fails to persuade Congress to support his priorities can’t then simply pursue them by fiat. Lawmakers who cannot rally themselves to this cause should stop pretending that they’re anything more than partisan automatons; they will have declared themselves members of a second-class branch of government.

As has often been noted, there is no border emergency, aside from Mr. Trump’s desperation to make good on a rabble-rousing campaign slogan.’

Opinion | An Emergency for the G.O.P.

A perfect description of most Congressional Republicans: "partisan automatons.”

Perhaps congress should have had a bit of foresight when they abdicated their responsibility and authority back in 1976. I hope the senate votes to not take it up. They can do that.

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[OKTexas]

Talk about "partisan automatons", democrats voted to build the Wall before they voted against it during a republican administration. You gotta wonder how short sighted the radical left can be when Bill Clinton declared freaking war against a defenseless country in Europe. It makes the Wall look like kid stuff.

And now they are voting that we have enough wall and don’t need to spend $6 billion to fulfill a bogus Trump campaign promise

Yeah, it's much better to spend the money over and over trying to process all the illegals. Makes perfect sense to me.

NOT!!!!!!!!!!!

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[OKTexas]

Largest single group of migrants ever tunnels under border wall in Arizona, says Border Protection
A group of 376, including nearly 200 minors, was arrested.

(Yuma Sector Border Patrol) Seven tunnels were dug underneath the border wall near Yuma, Arizona, on Monday, Jan. 14, 2019, as a record group of migrants entered the U.S.

A fence without a concrete footing, is not a wall. BTW where's your link?

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[OKTexas]

This is not about him 'not getting his way. its about protecting America from the continued cancerous invasion.

For the above and other fellow morons....(....."but, but, he heard it from Hannity..." LOL

Number of U.S. undocumented immigrants falls to lowest number in a ...
..

Number of undocumented immigrants in USA falls to 12-year low ...

Illegal immigrants in U.S. at lowest level since 2004: study | Reuters

Yet we have nearly a million case backlog in the immigration courts, the most ever.

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[OKTexas]

whitehall, post: 21879846

Talk about "partisan automatons", democrats voted to build the Wall before they voted against it during a republican administration.

So it’s true, 2/3 of the wall (fence)Trumpo now wants is already built, so WTF was the campaign’s (wide open borders) bullshit (Mexico paying for it) bullshit all about?

Talk about partisan automatons flip flopping the lies in their hate filled heads. Now they bitch and moan that Democrats actual supported building their god damned 700 miles of fence.

Jesus H Keehrist, if all you racists wanted was a couple hundred more miles of fence why not just say so?

Of course that dog whistle isn’t high pitched enough to drive the white nationalists at the Trump rallies into a high state of resentment, anger and hysteria to get out the right wing votes.

It’s all on the record now thanks to your post.

You might want to do some research and see how much of that "wall" is just vehicle barriers, not wall.

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[OKTexas]

Obama declared a national emergency regarding the Mexican border and liberals were silent.

I literally don't remember this happening.

Thanks, Obama: Here’s the Obama Executive Order Trump Is Using to Build the Wall

Interesting. It's not like I'm opposed to crushing illegal immigration or drug trafficking; quite the opposite. But I question the usefulness of a physical barrier (aka wall) in achieving that end.

Do you think you know something the border patrol doesn't? They chose where to place the wall.

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[WheelieAddict]

Its ok to abuse the constitution when my side does it.

 

[NotfooledbyW]

OKTexas, post: 2188196

You might want to do some research and see how much of that "wall" is just vehicle barriers, not wall.

So Trumpo lied to you that he was gonna build a wall paid for by Mexico because he is now building what you call just vehicle barriers and a few hundred miles of pedestrian fence here and there Mexico will not contribute one peso.

 

[OKTexas]

OKTexas, post: 2188196

You might want to do some research and see how much of that "wall" is just vehicle barriers, not wall.

So Trumpo lied to you that he was gonna build a wall paid for by Mexico because he is now building what you call just vehicle barriers and a few hundred miles of pedestrian fence here and there Mexico will not contribute one peso.

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

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[NotfooledbyW]

OKTexas, post: 21882047

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

All replacement fencing work was authorized by Trumpo’s predecessors and Congress - it has nothing to do with “The WALL” that Trumpo promised would be paid for by Mexico.

They say Trumpo has conned his idiots into believing his wall is already being built. Thanks for being living proof that conned idiots truly exist.

 

[edward37]

I don't really care that much about the wall one way or another, but I don't think presidents should just be able to declare a "national emergency" whenever they don't get their way on something.

And loot the agencies of monies designated for them NOT the POS's wall

 

[danielpalos]

I don't really care that much about the wall one way or another, but I don't think presidents should just be able to declare a "national emergency" whenever they don't get their way on something.

How do you feel when the opposing party (Democrats in Congress) refuse to do something logical and consistent with national security, like a build a wall to keep out the drug dealers and other criminals, just because they have a deranged hatred of the man who defeated their Presidential candidate?

there is no express wall building clause in our Constitution. Our welfare clause is General.

 

[danielpalos]

This is not about him 'not getting his way. its about protecting America from the continued cancerous invasion.

For the above and other fellow morons....(....."but, but, he heard it from Hannity..." LOL

Number of U.S. undocumented immigrants falls to lowest number in a ...
..

Number of undocumented immigrants in USA falls to 12-year low ...

Illegal immigrants in U.S. at lowest level since 2004: study | Reuters

Yet we have nearly a million case backlog in the immigration courts, the most ever.

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We should be upgrading Ellis Island and surrounding infrastructure.

Why are we losing money on border policy with a naturalization clause and a commerce clause?

 

[danielpalos]

Its ok to abuse the constitution when my side does it.

there is no wall building clause or an immigration clause.

 

[beautress]

OKTexas, post: 2188196

You might want to do some research and see how much of that "wall" is just vehicle barriers, not wall.

So Trumpo lied to you that he was gonna build a wall paid for by Mexico because he is now building what you call just vehicle barriers and a few hundred miles of pedestrian fence here and there Mexico will not contribute one peso.

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

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They don't have the time. The spend all their time scheming negatives for Republicans, OKTexas. That keeps them in their safe little cocoon called, "What me worry."

 

[buckeye45_73]

‘Once again, congressional Republicans are facing a gut-check moment, forced to choose between supporting and defending the Constitution or Donald J. Trump. It’s not looking good.

House Democrats introduced a joint resolution of disapproval on Friday aimed at canceling President Trump’s bogus national emergency at the southern border.

[…]

Once the resolution clears the House, the Senate is required to hold its own vote within 18 days — meaning the majority leader, Mitch McConnell, cannot do his usual stonewalling. Even so, with Republicans in control there, and loath to irk the president, the resolution is widely expected to die. At that point, it will be up to the courts, where multiple suits have already been filed, to grapple with this out-of-control executive.

It is not too late to stop this legislative cop-out. Critical principles are at stake — Congress’s power of the purse, the separation of powers — that transcend any one declaration or leader. Members of both parties need to make clear that a presidential pique is not the same thing as a national emergency, that a president who fails to persuade Congress to support his priorities can’t then simply pursue them by fiat. Lawmakers who cannot rally themselves to this cause should stop pretending that they’re anything more than partisan automatons; they will have declared themselves members of a second-class branch of government.

As has often been noted, there is no border emergency, aside from Mr. Trump’s desperation to make good on a rabble-rousing campaign slogan.’

Opinion | An Emergency for the G.O.P.

A perfect description of most Congressional Republicans: "partisan automatons.”

Build the Wall

 

[NotfooledbyW]

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

They don't have the time. The spend all their time scheming negatives for Republicans, OKTexas. That keeps them in their safe little cocoon called, "What me worry."

The idiot you agree with is a conned fool who has no clue what is really going on at the border. Trumpo has not built one foot of his wall yet. Fence work going on was authorized before Trumpo championed the Birther conspiracy theory movement.

Birds of a feather.

 

[beautress]

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

They don't have the time. The spend all their time scheming negatives for Republicans, OKTexas. That keeps them in their safe little cocoon called, "What me worry."

The idiot you agree with is a conned fool who has no clue what is really going on at the border. Trumpo has not built one foot of his wall yet. Fence work going on was authorized before Trumpo championed the Birther conspiracy theory movement.

Birds of a feather.

Tissue?

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[OKTexas]

OKTexas, post: 21882047

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

All replacement fencing work was authorized by Trumpo’s predecessors and Congress - it has nothing to do with “The WALL” that Trumpo promised would be paid for by Mexico.

They say Trumpo has conned his idiots into believing his wall is already being built. Thanks for being living proof that conned idiots truly exist.

Yeah, I'm sure the 3 billion congress authorized the last two years was for other administrations. LMAO

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[OKTexas]

OKTexas, post: 2188196

You might want to do some research and see how much of that "wall" is just vehicle barriers, not wall.

So Trumpo lied to you that he was gonna build a wall paid for by Mexico because he is now building what you call just vehicle barriers and a few hundred miles of pedestrian fence here and there Mexico will not contribute one peso.

No he's replacing miles of vehicle barriers with a wall because they do nothing against people. Didn't do the research did ya?

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They don't have the time. The spend all their time scheming negatives for Republicans, OKTexas. That keeps them in their safe little cocoon called, "What me worry."

Yep, idiots gonna be idiots.

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