Posted on 02/26/2019 6:51:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The media are already creating a narrative that, no matter the final disposition of Donald Trump's declaration of a border emergency, the president is on "the brink of defeat."
Politico's headline is extraordinarily misleading: "Trump on brink of defeat on border emergency."
Just one more Senate Republican is needed to block Trump's emergency declaration, though even critics are reluctant to buck the president.
President Donald Trump is on the verge of a bipartisan rejection of his emergency declaration at the border in what would be an embarrassing rebuke by a Congress opposed to his immigration agenda.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Monday night said he would join Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine, along with 47 Senate Democrats to block Trump's attempts to secure billions for his border wall after lawmakers effectively stiffed him. Now just one more GOP senator's support for a resolution to block Trump's bid would send the measure to Trump's desk and force a veto.
"Conservatives rightfully cried foul when President Barack Obama used executive action to completely bypass Congress," Tillis said in a Washington Post op-ed on Monday night. "There is no intellectual honesty in now turning around and arguing that there's an imaginary asterisk attached to executive overreach — that it's acceptable for my party but not thy party."
Still, there is clear reluctance in the GOP to bucking Trump.
Numerous Senate Republicans say that, like Tillis, they despise Trump's decision to declare a national emergency to get additional funding for his wall. But most aren't ready to say they will vote to block him from doing so.
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Even if they did, practical political considerations make it a ludicrous assumption that enough Republicans will desert the president, as Trump's expected veto should be upheld easily.
So this idea that the president will not get his way on the border emergency is a media-created false narrative.
It will likely die in the Senate.
Normally it would be bottled up in committee and never see the light of day but they have to take an up or down vote on it.
This is just a Democrat stunt to embarrass the President while he’s abroad.
I hope this guy Tillis meets an MS13 gang and begs for mercy before they use their machetes.
"Universal Backgroud Checks" - determined to do nothing to stop crime/violence, is being pushed because it attacks our Constitutionally protected Rights.
Meanwhile, it is proven that illegal aliens that rape/rob/murder Americans, could not do so if they were kept the frigg out of our Country.
But no, because illegal aliens, especially the murderous kind, have rights dontcha know, that are guaranteed by our Constitution and apparently our blood & money.
I'm getting a Bridgeport mill and learning a new set of skills...
Trump has the American people on his side and in his corner. Low life, Traitor Turncoat, Republican Senator, Tillis has zilch support from the American people. Trump always wins!!!
[[[Conservatives rightfully cried foul when President Barack Obama used executive action to completely bypass Congress,” Tillis said]]]
Yeah and you pimps did nothing about it. This is a lame attempt at cover for the corporate whore to vote against it.
I met Tillis several times working for the local republican party. I really liked the guy 6 years ago or so, maybe 4 years ago. I left the RNC local party over Trump, but was already gone in my heart over McCain/Rubio 2014 vote on illegals. I am GOPt, or maybe that should be gopT.
The Left will always choose to side against Americans and our Freedoms.
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A truism if there ever was one.
The idea of Trump prevailing on any issue drives the media psychotic. They can’t even contemplate the the possibility.
How in the Wide World of Sports can anyone deny the crisis at our border?
yes, it’s rhetorical...thanks to the cartels paying off & controlling congressional traitors.
At least everyone will be on the record, and we’ll know who the enemies are.
“It will likely die in the Senate.”
It better or it should be razed. Enough with the duplicitous attacks on POTUS.
The only thing that is going to be defeated is the Republican Party, which his committing electoral suicide with this move.
If they really thought that Trump would lose, would they tell us ahead of time?
Tennessean’s set Lamar’s phone line on FIRE. Phone: (202) 224-4944
This is blatant election interference from the globalist-owned media, even worse than that of the which the Russians were accused.
I thought the media is supposed to report the news, not predict the news?
I love having all these votes
McConnell is brilliant
Put everybody on record for all to see for all time Under evil their treachery their vill ally is theyre Hypocrisy and lies and everything else
“There is no intellectual honesty in now turning around and arguing that there’s an imaginary asterisk attached to executive overreach “
It is not imaginary or overreach for the president to insist upon doing his Constitutionally mandated job or keeping his Oath.
We find ourselves in the grotesque position congress REFUSING to protect the country from literal invasion with the courts assisting the invaders. THIS CONFRONTATION IS NOT OVER SOME PET INITIATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT! It is the presidents DUTY to secure the damn border.
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