President Donald Trump woke up early Thursday morning and immediately started off his “executive time” by whining about the Senate vote on a resolution condemning his national emergency declaration.
Just a day after Senate Republicans joined Democrats in rebuking Trump’s military aid to Saudi Arabia in Yemen, the Senate is due to vote on yet another rebuke to his unconstitutional abuse of executive power, this time against his national emergency declaration.
Trump declared the national emergency last month but said he didn’t really need to do it. But he did anyway and then jetted off to play golf and eat waffles at Mar-a-Lago, demonstrating that the situation at the southern border is not an emergency at all.
As the Senate prepares for the vote, Trump complained about it.
A big National Emergency vote today by The United States Senate on Border Security & the Wall (which is already under major construction). I am prepared to veto, if necessary. The Southern Border is a National Security and Humanitarian Nightmare, but it can be easily fixed!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
The Democrats are “Border Deniers.” They refuse to see or acknowledge the Death, Crime, Drugs and Human Trafficking at our Southern Border!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
The national emergency and the wall have both been opposed by Texas Republicans past and present and enough Republicans in the Senate disapprove of it that the resolution is likely going to pass. Of course, Trump will veto it and Republicans will be put in another untenable position because letting Trump’s national emergency stand opens the door for a Democratic president to declare national emergencies as well, which means Republicans will have to watch as Democrats pay for universal healthcare and climate change initiatives using Pentagon funding.
Twitter users mocked Trump’s whining.
The National Emergency that is so urgent that you have played golf through it multiple times in the last few weeks?
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) March 14, 2019
pretty weird how the Greatest! Deal! Maker! In The History Of The Entire Universe! EVER! can’t even get his own party to make a deal with him, what’s up with that
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) March 14, 2019
Your wall is a metaphor for your penis. We don’t want to see it and you can’t get it up.
— Jeffrey Guterman (@JeffreyGuterman) March 14, 2019
Translated… Republicans don’t think there’s an emergency either.
— John Hynes (@Johnhynes1966) March 14, 2019
The Wall is not under major cunstruction. That’s a lie. You are replacing a fence – not more.
— Thorsten (@Airvooocht) March 14, 2019
The only national emergency and human nightmare is located at the White House. Not at the southern border.
— Thorsten (@Airvooocht) March 14, 2019
Even the Senate @GOP knows that @realDonaldTrump’s FAKE “emergency” is total #AbuseOfPower.?#FakeEmergency https://t.co/d6qmhXsW6q
— Dr. Dena Grayson (@DrDenaGrayson) March 14, 2019
It’s time for Republicans to put their money where their mouth is and vote against this abuse of executive power. Because even former President Obama did not go this far and the GOP still called him a tyrant.
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