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Judi Lynn

(160,630 posts) Tue Feb 12, 2019, 04:56 PM Feb 2019

Lindsey Graham spills the beans: Trump will declare a national emergency even if he signs bipartisan

Source: Raw Story

Lindsey Graham spills the beans: Trump will declare a national emergency even if he signs bipartisan deal
NOOR AL-SIBAI
12 FEB 2019 AT 15:39 ET

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), one of Donald Trump’s biggest allies in the Senate, said Tuesday that he expects the president to declare a national emergency to get his border wall built — even if he signs the bipartisan spending deal drafted by members of Congress.

USA Today’s Eliza Collins tweeted that Graham expects Trump will “both declare a national emergency and try to find money elsewhere in order to bridge the gap between $1.375 in the Congressional deal and the $5.7 billion he’s demanded for his wall.”

CNN’s Manu Raju tweeted earlier in the afternoon that Graham had, at the time, not yet spoken to Trump about the deal the president bashed to pool reporters earlier in the day.

Raju noted that Graham wants the president to accept the deal “if it shows he can reprogram money with respect to the detention beds AND if he can use the money to build steel barriers.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/lindsey-graham-spills-beans-trump-will-declare-national-emergency-even-signs-bipartisan-deal/?utm_source=push_notifications

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Lindsey Graham spills the beans: Trump will declare a national emergency even if he signs bipartisan (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP

That is what I thought he would do. Off to the courts we go still_one Feb 2019 #1

A fake republican border emergency Achilleaze Feb 2019 #2

the asshole who called wolf. this had better come back to do real harm to he ans his party if he NRaleighLiberal Feb 2019 #3

Fake president to declare fake emergency, setting precedent for truthisfreedom Feb 2019 #4

She should declare an INTERNATIONAL emergency ArizonaLib Feb 2019 #8

And a health emergency to start up area51 Feb 2019 #16

There has been no doubt in my mind that Trump would declare a national emergency if he didn't get Arkansas Granny Feb 2019 #5

This sets the precident: 2021 - National Emergency on Climate Change. TheBlackAdder Feb 2019 #9

Emergency Rover1 Feb 2019 #10

Fascinating syntax displacedtexan Feb 2019 #15

I AM PRAYING HE DOES JUST THAT, so then Supreme Court can make easy or not for NEXT beachbum bob Feb 2019 #6

The jokes on him mahina Feb 2019 #7

Boy, did the Magats get scammed. But do they care? Of course not! Cousin Dupree Feb 2019 #11

That money should be applied to infrastructure repairs, which would create jobs. nt NCjack Feb 2019 #13

Our guys should just insert a poison pen into the bill then that if he does that then cstanleytech Feb 2019 #12

Capital idea! BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #14

For this thread Gothmog Feb 2019 #17

still_one

(92,409 posts)

1. That is what I thought he would do. Off to the courts we go

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 04:59 PM

Feb 2019

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

2. A fake republican border emergency

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:03 PM

Feb 2019

Totally republican. Fake all the way.

Why do republicans piss on their Bible all the time? Deplorable.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,021 posts)

3. the asshole who called wolf. this had better come back to do real harm to he ans his party if he

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:04 PM

Feb 2019

pulls this stunt.

truthisfreedom

(23,155 posts)

4. Fake president to declare fake emergency, setting precedent for

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:06 PM

Feb 2019

the next female President to declare climate emergency.

ArizonaLib

(1,242 posts)

8. She should declare an INTERNATIONAL emergency

Reply to truthisfreedom (Reply #4)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:25 PM

Feb 2019

Because it is.

area51

(11,921 posts)

16. And a health emergency to start up

Reply to truthisfreedom (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 13, 2019, 01:07 PM

Feb 2019

single-payer/comprehensive Medicare for All, due to 45k people dying each year due to lack of healthcare (see sig line).

Arkansas Granny

(31,531 posts)

5. There has been no doubt in my mind that Trump would declare a national emergency if he didn't get

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:14 PM

Feb 2019

exactly what he wanted for funding a wall. This is a face saving gesture for him. Facts and reality have nothing to do with the decisions he makes. All he wants is to keep his base happy, regardless how detrimental his actions are for the country as a whole.

TheBlackAdder

(28,216 posts)

9. This sets the precident: 2021 - National Emergency on Climate Change.

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #5)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:36 PM

Feb 2019

Rover1

(26 posts)

10. Emergency

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 05:43 PM

Feb 2019

The high level deaths from firearms certainly also deserves a emergency presidential order to confiscate all handguns.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)

15. Fascinating syntax

Reply to Rover1 (Reply #10)

Tue Feb 12, 2019, 08:01 PM

Feb 2019

Is English your second language? I taught languages and linguistics for a long time, and I'm always fascinated by the freshness of non-native speakers' constructions.