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Nancy Pelosi warns GOP that a Democratic president could declare gun violence a national emergency
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Republicans on Thursday that a future Democratic president could declare gun violence a national emergency.
Her comments to reporters came shortly after the White House said that the president would declare a national emergency in order to "build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country."
Pelosi said she was not advocating for Democrats to declare a national emergency, but that the president was establishing a precedent that should, at least, make Republicans nervous.
"If the president can declare an emergency on something he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think about what a president with different values can present to the American people," Pelosi said.
"You want to talk about a national emergency? Let's talk about today," Pelosi said, referring to the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla. that left seventeen dead last year.
She said the shooting was "another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America."
"That's a national emergency. Why don't you declare that a emergency Mr. President? I wish you would," she said. "But a Democratic president can do that. A Democratic president can declare emergencies as well."
Sen. Kamala Harris, who is running for president, echoed her fellow Californian's remarks in a post on Twitter, but stopped short of saying she would as president declare a national emergency.
"Declaring a national emergency over this President's vanity project is ridiculous," Harris he wrote. "We don't need a wall. Instead, we should address the actual emergencies facing our country — everything from gun violence to the opioid crisis."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, another 2020 contender, wrote on Twitter that gun violence, climate change, and the country's opioid epidemic were all emergencies.
"Donald Trump's ridiculous wall is not an emergency," the Massachusetts Democrat wrote.
A national emergency declaration makes available powers to the executive that are otherwise impermissible, such as the re-allocation of certain funds that have been appropriated by Congress, though scholars continue to dispute the legality of emergency powers.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplayed the possible ramifications of Trump's expected national emergency declaration.
"Let's hope we don't have additional national security and humanitarian crises," she said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/pelosi-w…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Republicans on Thursday that a future Democratic president could declare gun violence a national emergency.
Her comments to reporters came shortly after the White House said that the president would declare a national emergency in order to "build the wall, protect the border, and secure our great country."
Pelosi said she was not advocating for Democrats to declare a national emergency, but that the president was establishing a precedent that should, at least, make Republicans nervous.
"If the president can declare an emergency on something he has created as an emergency, an illusion that he wants to convey, just think about what a president with different values can present to the American people," Pelosi said.
"You want to talk about a national emergency? Let's talk about today," Pelosi said, referring to the Feb. 14 school shooting in Parkland, Fla. that left seventeen dead last year.
She said the shooting was "another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America."
"That's a national emergency. Why don't you declare that a emergency Mr. President? I wish you would," she said. "But a Democratic president can do that. A Democratic president can declare emergencies as well."
Sen. Kamala Harris, who is running for president, echoed her fellow Californian's remarks in a post on Twitter, but stopped short of saying she would as president declare a national emergency.
"Declaring a national emergency over this President's vanity project is ridiculous," Harris he wrote. "We don't need a wall. Instead, we should address the actual emergencies facing our country — everything from gun violence to the opioid crisis."
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, another 2020 contender, wrote on Twitter that gun violence, climate change, and the country's opioid epidemic were all emergencies.
"Donald Trump's ridiculous wall is not an emergency," the Massachusetts Democrat wrote.
A national emergency declaration makes available powers to the executive that are otherwise impermissible, such as the re-allocation of certain funds that have been appropriated by Congress, though scholars continue to dispute the legality of emergency powers.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders downplayed the possible ramifications of Trump's expected national emergency declaration.
"Let's hope we don't have additional national security and humanitarian crises," she said.
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/02/14/pelosi-w…
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Like work for three weeks on a bill that overwhelmingly passes both houses of Congress and addresses the issue? While you may not like the outcome, this is what coequal branches of government looks like. McConnell doesn’t like what is going on because he’ll likely be Speaker long after trump is gone and have to deal with it.
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We have ongoing immigration tensions, but no crisis, no emergency. We need immigrants. Immigrants are our friends.
SJG
Yeah - as I posted previously IMO a wall it's not at the top of most conservatives' agenda - I think Trump is miscalculating how much political-mileage he can get continuously playing the wall-card
SJG
All that being said, I'm not sure this will survive the inevitable court challenge.
Get your cc and every time you get pulled over you will be asked. Are you carrying. Also know the states you meet to declare it when in conversation with a LEO.
You stated, "...if the executive branch uses its power to revoke the consequences of an election regardless of the wishes of the electorate...", yet said electorate WANTS the wall. Right now 1/6 of the federal government is preventing what the electorate want!
Get your facts straight. None of the polls show majority suport.
I'm actually scared in the same way I was when Reagan had his finger on the button and clearly had lost it.
SJG
Just what is "false", as you say?
>yet said electorate WANTS the wall. Right now 1/6 of the federal government is preventing what the electorate want!<
here is my post from before that it is accurate and correct
>Truth be told, elections have consequences, the Republicans have been dragging their feet on this wall bullshit, for the last two years, seems they (the Republicans) aren't sold on a wall themselves, I mean honestly speaking, he lost the midterm election, if he wants to declare this to be an emergency, why wasn't it an emergency two years ago, when he was elected. My own feeling is Paul Ryan didn't want to be involved in the politics, of the wall (and probably never supported it in his heart) so he kept kicking the can down the road. Now there's been a shutdown, and that is another fight this president has lost badly. Trump's leverage has dropped considerably, and someone needs to educate this man on the realities of the consequences of elections. I don't believe that the wall itself is important to Trump, I think he just is keeping these controversies stirred up, because that's the only thing he has to keep him in the running for the 2020 election.<
@clubber they had two tears of a republican house and senate, if the electorate wanted the wall why did they kick the can down the road every time it came up.
I know you know that President Trump has a number of foils. First and foremost in this discussion, RINOs. This dosen't discount dems and the deep state.
My point is that "BUILD THAT WALL" was a central part of the campaign that allowed him to win an "unwinnable" election and put him in the White House.
His support is failing damn man even Ann Coulter is facing reality, yesterday afternoon, when that rambling senile presser he held, was over said "The only national emergency is the president is an idiot"
The R’s got a fair bit passed when they controlled Congress, the White House and had a balanced Court. But the fractures are starting to show now especially between McConnell and Trump where they went different directions on the shutdown, and the declaration of the emergency.
Can the president and senate adapt to having to reach across the aisle or will they stay entrenched for two years with the 2020 elections being the only objective?
I’m surprised trump went with the emergency. When he shut down the government immediately after the R’s lost the house I thought he was merely trying to paint the Dems as the enemy again. As in, “the Dems are to blame for this” even though he couldn’t have gotten it passed while R’s had the House. I thought he wanted to take the loss on this since his base wouldn’t blame him. I’m surprised he’s continued to push but it seems clear he’s doing what Hannity and Coulter are telling him. Ironically, this may be the beginning of losing McConnell who I thought quietly came out of the budget as showing he is the one who is really controlling the government.
Did I miss something? Is the Speaker now a position in the Senate or is McConnell now a Representative?
Once again you failed to point out what was "false". From you, "False and completely incorrect
>yet said electorate WANTS the wall. Right now 1/6 of the federal government is preventing what the electorate want!<"
Did I miss some recount that the electorate didn't elect President Trump? Did I miss something about the 1/6?
Yes, we are entitled to our own opinions, but you are NOT entitled to your own facts. I will consider this conversation ended unless you can refute what I just asked.
SJG
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Are you really this clueless or just messin' around? In case it's the former, but I hope not, let me start with this. Definition of Electorate by Merriam-Webster :
a body of people entitled to vote. That's pretty simple. Reaching back to November 8, 2016, said electorate Constitutionally elected Donald John Trump the president of these United States. I wish they were! THIS IS TRUE, like it or not! Now even the most uninformed know that THE WALL was a center piece of President Trump campaign and his appeal. Now with a little logic, one can easily see that it is you who seems is in position of a "stupid idea". Man says what he will do, people (the electorate), ELECT him to do so, and you can't figure this oout? Really, you are embarrassing yourself. I'll let this die to spare you further embarrassment. Take care, my friend!