McConnell privately cautions Trump about emergency declaration on border wall
Source: WAPO
By Sean Sullivan , Erica Werner and Seung Min Kim February 1 at 7:11 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell cautioned President Trump privately this week about the consequences of declaring a national emergency to build his border wall, telling him the move could trigger political blowback and divide the GOP, according to two Republicans with knowledge of the exchange.
McConnell (R-Ky.) told Trump that Congress might end up passing a resolution disapproving the emergency declaration, the people said which would force the president to contemplate issuing his first veto ever, in the face of opposition from his own party.
McConnell delivered the message during a face-to-face meeting with the president Tuesday at the White House, according to the Republicans, who requested anonymity to describe the encounter. The two men met alone and conversed with no aides present. Their meeting was not publicly announced.
The majority leaders comments to the president came amid rising GOP concerns over the fallout if Trump were to declare a national emergency that would allow him to circumvent Congress and use the military to build new stretches of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump increasingly appears prepared to take that route, saying Friday that I think theres a good chance well have to do that.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/mcconnell-privately-cautioned-trump-about-emergency-declaration-on-border-wall/2019/02/01/5ff1262c-2646-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html?utm_term=.a56a61db1259
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Skraxx
(2,981 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,730 posts)Wonder how many refusals mcturtle is willing to tolerate.....
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)up to his eyeballs in Russian money. He took over $3 MILLION from Russia for himself, additional for the gop. tRump OWNS him. McConnell is a multi-millionaire, yet he can not afford pants that fit? High-tide waders?
cstanleytech
(26,319 posts)the Presidency to do things like declare a national tax rate emergency and hike the taxes up for the wealthy and corporations and a national healthcare emergency and expand medicare to to everyone.
Then it will be funny to watch the Repugnants scramble to undo the medicare one because they really would be the death panel party.
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)It's perfect for "common sense" gun action.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)call it quits. He knows damn well the Rethugs are about to get their collective asses kicked big time.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)I have been waiting for two years for you to have your ass handed to you.
Nancy got the ball rolling . . .
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Talitha
(6,613 posts)and it's only a matter of time.
truthisfreedom
(23,155 posts)Response to lindysalsagal (Original post)
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Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)declares the emergency, McConnell and the gop can say "We advised him NOT to do that".
NickB79
(19,258 posts)Nothing but a room full of backstabbers and ratfuckers, all jostling for power atop the dung pile.