Pelosi Warns Republicans: A Democrat President Could Declare a "National Emergency" on Guns

Oh sure. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell threw up his hands and told President Trump to sign the damned bill and declare a "national emergency" to fund your damned wall.

But, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi fired a shot across the bow of the USS Republicans in a news conference this afternoon that a Democrat president can play the "national emergency" game, too.

To a reporter's question, she warned that if Trump goes down this road she could see a future Democrat president delaring a "national emergency" over gun violence.

"Want to talk about a national emergency? Let's talk about today, the one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America," Pelosi said at a press conference, referencing the Parkland, Florida school shooting that left 17 dead last year. "That's a national emergency. Why don't you declare that emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would."

"But a Democratic president can do that," Pelosi said. "A Democratic president can declare a national emergencies as well. The precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans."

https://www.newsweek.com/nancy-pelosi-democratic-president-national-emergency-gun-violence-donald-1332074

windinhishair · 61-69, M

Pelosi is right on this one. If the GOP lets Trump declare a false national emergency unsupported by fact, a Democratic president, backed by much better and actual facts, could declare a national emergency on gun violence, or global climate change, or any number of other issues.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@CookieLuvsBunny So do you need proof for any of his later jobs? Or his literal existence?

Pikachu

Hmmm good point. I mean if we're just going to start declaring national emergencies to pursue our political goals, where does it end?