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

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sunrisehawk · 61-69, M

Precedent??? Instead of screaming as if it has never been done, count up the emergencies each of the Presidents have enacted and look at what has been done in the name of emergency...

The real emergency is the fact that some of our politicians want our nation not to have any borders...A line on the map isn't a national border unless you control who crosses it.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@sunrisehawk Well, we've been in a constant state of emergency for a few decades. Lots has been done in their name - but no major infrastructure projects as far as I know.

Nobody wants open borders 🙄

sunrisehawk · 61-69, M

@QuixoticSoul Nobody.... Haven't you been listening to the news. Tearing down the current walls and welcoming everyone who crosses the border is open borders...and the Texas pol, Beto said that...He isn't alone.

QuixoticSoul · 41-45, M

@sunrisehawk "I'm not in favor of open borders" - Beto O'Rourke.

daisymay · 51-55, T

@QuixoticSoul But Trumpansies FEEL like Beto wants open borders, so no number of quotes proving otherwise will change their minds.

They're not only know-nothings, they're want-to-know-nothings.