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Marco Rubio is a Drooling Idiot for Claiming Trumps Emergency is Unconstitutional

Now Democrats have been making the same claim, but that is just Democrat rhetorical style when the facts get in your way just lie. But Rubio is the same party as Trump, technically anyway, and he has no incentive to challenge Trump on this other than one; he genuinely thinks Trump is violating the Constitution.

https://thinkprogress.org/adam-schiff-emergency-cnn-interview-f121ec4cc9b1/

“This is the first time a president has tried to declare an emergency when Congress explicitly rejected funding for the particular project that the president is advocating,” Schiff, who chairs the House Intelligence, said on CNN’s State of the Union.

“And in saying just the other day that he didn’t really need to do this — he just wanted to do it because it would help things go faster — he’s pretty much daring the court to strike this down. So it’s hard to imagine a poorer case.”

Schiff said he sees this moment as a test for Republicans in Congress and whether they will stand up to Trump and deny him the ability to circumvent the legislative branch’s power....

“The [risk] is that we limit the president’s power to act when it really is necessary, when it is not practical to bring the Congress into session on a moment’s notice. But this president doesn’t care about future presidents. He only cares about himself. And in this case, he only cares about placating his conservative critics.”

Trump officially declared a state of emergency Friday, infuriating members of Congress from both parties. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) described it as an “end run around Congress,” while Republicans have raised red flags about the precedent Trump’s decision might set.

“We have a crisis at our southern border, but no crisis justifies violating the Constitution,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) said last week, ahead of the declaration, which had been expected for weeks.

“Today’s national emergency is border security. But a future president may use this exact same tactic to impose the Green New Deal,” Rubio said.

This is just stupid. There is no violation of the Constitution as the law authorizing this emergency declaration is like 40+ years old. Congress can pass a resolution to end it, but the President can veto it. Then Congress would have to have a veto proof majority to make their will stick.

Why would a majority of Republicans in the Senate pull the rug out from under the President of their own party to put in place something that their party really needs, the country really needs and would help save literally thousands of American lives each year?

If it were simple Kuch corruption then I could understand it, but the Kuch brothers always manage to get their way through riders and that sort of thing. They dont need a wall or a lack of wall. They own the Congresscritters in the GOP.

So why would Rubiooo throw himself on his own sword and likely get primaried? OR defeated in the general because Republicans won't turn out for him at the polls in a purple state like Floriduh so he can win?

There is only one answer; the man is as stupid as a CNN reporter.

LET THE LIBERAL TROLLING BEGIN
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katielass · F
Oh no, it couldn't be unconstitutional. odumbo invoked that privilege 13 times and they supported him in doing it.
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
At no point did Congress object to any of B.O.’s declarations.

In fact, Trump has extended at least 2 of them.

This is literally the first time an “emergency” has been declared for something that was already a going concern

@katielass
katielass · F
@JoeyFoxx Oh but they did. They refused to do what he wanted so he took his little pen and phone and broke the law. His exact words were "I just made law".
JoeyFoxx · 56-60, M
@katielass You are quite literally incorrect. And, I fact-checked myself....

11 of the 13 emergencies declared by Obama have been extended by Trump. The other two either expired or were terminated by Obama himself.

The "made law" comment (which you misquoted by the way) is a reference to a DACA Executive Order. This was not a declared national emergency.

Did Congress support this one? No. But it wasn't explicitly an end-run in that it didn't require funding.

And for the record, even TRUMP supports DACA, at least he said he did recently.

So... want to try again?