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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 09:31 AM Jan 2019

Kushner Urges Restraint In Declaring Border Emergency


January 11, 2019 at 6:38 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“Inside the West Wing, Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been lobbying for restraint,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Declaring a national emergency, an option Mr. Trump has been leaning toward, shouldn’t be used to try to win a messaging war against Democrats opposed to a wall, Mr. Kushner said in a recent Oval Office meeting.”

“Instead, Mr. Kushner argued an emergency should be invoked only if it creates a clear path for the White House to build the wall, the key issue in the standoff between Mr. Trump and congressional Democrats that has led to the shutdown.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/01/11/kushner-urges-restraint-on-declaring-border-emergency/
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Kushner Urges Restraint In Declaring Border Emergency (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2019 OP
Sounds like an 8th grader who didn't read the book underpants Jan 2019 #1
Something smart from Kushner? NewJeffCT Jan 2019 #2
Actually it is not. pangaia Jan 2019 #3

underpants

(182,281 posts)
1. Sounds like an 8th grader who didn't read the book
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 09:36 AM
Jan 2019

Jimmy Kimmel said that Jared is “the puppet he (Trump) brought to life”

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
3. Actually it is not.
Fri Jan 11, 2019, 09:52 AM
Jan 2019

He still wants to use the idea of a wall to justify a national emergency.

Or a national emeergency to build a wall

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