.....riiiiight...??
Nah, didn't think so....
Posted on 03/27/2018 6:09:13 PM PDT by Revel
Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer says any effort by President Donald Trump to use military funding to build his border wall be blocked by lawsuits, according to the Washington Post.
The Washington Post reported that Trump is pushing military officials to shift a very small portion of their $700 billion 2018 budget to build up border defenses, and quoted Schumer saying:
This would be a blatant misuse of military funds and tied up in court for years. [Defense] Secretary Mattis ought not bother and instead use the money to help our troops, rather than advance the president’s political fantasies.
Schumer’s threat came after he worked with GOP leaders to allocate only $641 million for the construction of new border fences in the 2018 omnibus bill. The bill also includes language which bars Trump from spending money on the concrete-and-metal prototype walls which he touted in early March. According to the Post:
Trump, who told advisers he was spurned in a large spending bill last week when lawmakers only appropriated $1.6 billion for the border wall, has begun suggesting the Pentagon could fund the sprawling construction, citing a “national security” risk.
After floating the notion to several advisers last week, he told Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) that the military should pay for the wall in a meeting last Wednesday in the White House residence, according to three people familiar with the meeting. Ryan offered little reaction to the notion, these people said, but senior Capitol Hill officials later said it was an unlikely prospect.
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Schumer fell for another Trump tease. LOL
Trump is the Commander in Chief Chuckie!
Libs use the Military as a sociology lab for homo/tranny stuff, so WHY NOT...?
He gets threatened 24/7 in case you haven't noticed Chuckie.
A pretty obvious turn of events.
Just start building it and when they ask, where’d the money come from you can ask, where did the money come from for planned Parenthood or any number of programs...same thing.or better yet say, I’ll have my government do an investigation and just run out the clock...facts on the ground...come on Trump!
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OH IT’S ON SCHUMY, IT’S ON! Schumer Threatens Lawsuits If Trump Uses Pentagon for Border Wall Breitbart bit.ly/2I79VOG via @BreitbartNews
1:35 PM - 27 Mar 2018
Schumer Threatens Lawsuits If Trump Uses Pentagon for Border Wall Breitbart
‘This would be a blatant misuse of military funds and tied up in court for years.’
https://mobile.twitter.com/mitchellvii/status/978732199699677185
Someone should tell Schumer that Eisenhower used military funds to start the interstate highway system, because it was of strategic value for national security.
One of the requirements was that every x miles of highway had to contain several straight contiguous miles, in order to serve as emergency runways in case of military emergency.
For cryin’ out loud Schumer, of course the wall is an issue of national security.
As we all now know, an omnibus “budget” bill is not a budget bill at all. The allocations in the omnibus bill are mere suggestions. Obama did anything he wanted with his, an Trump can do the same.
Karma isn’t always a bitch.
Schumer needs to be tied up in court, literally.
I think it’s all pretty stupid discussion. Even if Trump were to try to do that, I guarantee the courts would put a stop to it before he could even finish his announcement. In my opinion Trump screwed up by not fighting for it now, making it harder for him to accomplish this key campaign promise.
“...Libs use the Military as a sociology lab for homo/tranny stuff, so WHY NOT...?”
Yeah, look at what Oba-Mao did to our Joint Chiefs....so building a wall is chump-change.
Yeah? Explain that to me.
I think he should use the Tunnel money for the wall
Poor Chickie....
.....riiiiight...??
Nah, didn't think so....
Schumer can go to hades!
Tell Schumer the wall isn’t illegal, it’s undocumented.
Poor Schumer needs those Mexican Slaves.
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