Lindsey Graham calls for Trump to use emergency powers to fund border wall

[archives]

Do you think it kills two birds with one stone? He’s facing re-election and this is supporting Trump while getting a way to open government back up.

Definitely, although I think it is more about Trump getting an escape route than a way to open the government. Lindsey is serving point for Trump in the Senate so when he does it Trump can say it wasn't a surprise and he has Senate approval

Irony is that they all know the emergency route is going to be tied up in the Courts for some time, even if it gets quick passed to the Supreme Court, meaning Trump really don't care about border security, it is all facade, he is just desperate for a way out of the box he put himself in

 

[Phantasmal]

Definitely, although I think it is more about Trump getting an escape route than a way to open the government. Lindsey is serving point for Trump in the Senate so when he does it Trump can say it wasn't a surprise and he has Senate approval

Irony is that they all know the emergency route is going to be tied up in the Courts for some time, even if it gets quick passed to the Supreme Court, meaning Trump really don't care about border security, it is all facade, he is just desperate for a way out of the box he put himself in

Great points

 

[Truth Detector]

Definitely, although I think it is more about Trump getting an escape route than a way to open the government. Lindsey is serving point for Trump in the Senate so when he does it Trump can say it wasn't a surprise and he has Senate approval

Irony is that they all know the emergency route is going to be tied up in the Courts for some time, even if it gets quick passed to the Supreme Court, meaning Trump really don't care about border security, it is all facade, he is just desperate for a way out of the box he put himself in

Great points

 

[Micawber]

We have an emergency, so I am KING.

Someone explain to me where the Constitution gives the President the power to grab additional powers by declaring a national emergency?

Sadly this is not a first. Clinton sort of did the same in eastern Europe when his ratings tanked. But I think his missile strikes had better effect than a trump wall would.

 

[Eagle_Eye]

My eyes. My eyes!!!!!!!!!!!

I heard Mason say looks just like you.

 

[tinfoil]

You don't like Lindsey??? He is a Trump asswipe and loyalist too?!!!

LOL that is fucking awesome. It would make a funny T shirt

 

[evince]

Sadly this is not a first. Clinton sort of did the same in eastern Europe when his ratings tanked. But I think his missile strikes had better effect than a trump wall would.

bullshit

go read up on it

It saved lives

 

[christiefan915]

Washington (CNN)South Carolina GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham issued a statement Thursday calling for President Donald Trump to invoke national emergency powers to fund his border wall.

"Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi's refusal to negotiate on funding for a border wall/barrier -- even if the government were to be reopened -- virtually ends the congressional path to funding for a border wall/barrier," Graham said in a statement. "It is time for President Trump to use emergency powers to fund the construction of a border wall/barrier."

The statement from the key Trump ally came shortly after Graham said efforts to forge a deal with congressional Democrats had fallen flat.

GOP senators gathered in Graham's office a day prior to discuss a deal that would bring an end to the ongoing government shutdown while securing money for Trump's proposed border with Mexico.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/10/politics/lindsey-graham-wall-emergency-powers/index.html

What a wacko. I wonder why he's become such a suck-up to trump.

 

[Nordberg]

Lindsay is wearing out his Trump brand kneepads.

 

[cancel2 2022]

Definitely, although I think it is more about Trump getting an escape route than a way to open the government. Lindsey is serving point for Trump in the Senate so when he does it Trump can say it wasn't a surprise and he has Senate approval

Irony is that they all know the emergency route is going to be tied up in the Courts for some time, even if it gets quick passed to the Supreme Court, meaning Trump really don't care about border security, it is all facade, he is just desperate for a way out of the box he put himself in

Look at that, the loony bints on here are thanking Arsechives.

 

[dukkha]

Sadly this is not a first. Clinton sort of did the same in eastern Europe when his ratings tanked. But I think his missile strikes had better effect than a trump wall would.

War Powers Act, not a National Emergency https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/R42699.html#_Toc532304402