Discussion: GOP Rep. McMorris Rodgers Denounces Impending Trump Emergency Declaration

system1 · February 14, 2019, 10:25pm

GOP Rep. McMorris Rodgers Denounces Impending Trump Emergency Declaration Back to article

marby · February 14, 2019, 10:33pm

We’ll see if any other members of the GOP listen to Rodgers’ rational concerns (which she is expressing only because she’s worried about the future of her party)

inversion · February 14, 2019, 10:42pm

#historyisalwayspresent

mondfledermaus · February 14, 2019, 10:47pm

There are the Trumptards that believe everything that Trump says, and will support him no matter what, and there are the TrumpTurds that pretend to support the Dotard as long as it advances their own agenda. The TrumpTurds realize that January 2021 is much closer than it appears, Trump will be in his golf course tweeting nonsense and they are going to be left holding the bag, of course if they even make it that far.

uneducated · February 14, 2019, 11:02pm

And then they will pretend they never backed Trump.

inversion · February 14, 2019, 11:05pm

They didn’t listen to her, when they failed to pass the '13 immigration bill, so why should they give ‘two rubs’ now.

spin · February 14, 2019, 11:25pm

Bingo. This is the first of many. I sketched out earlier (as it relates to the Supreme Court) the legal issues with this in respect to republican orthodoxy. My guess is that Trump looses 10 or so republicans in the senate and 30-40 in the house. That will immensely increase the power of the House’s (joined by Schumer and other D’s, and perhaps Rs by name) lawsuit against Trump.

Discussion: McConnell: Trump Will Sign Border Deal As He Declares Emergency For Wall

The conservatives have for years said that congress needed to take more authority, and the executive make less decisions. This is part of a set of scholarship going back to the 70s that decries the administrative state. Believing that if congress is forced to allocate and spend all of the money there would be less expansion in government.

If this clearly fake emergency can stand, when congress has not only not authorized it, but voted to the contrary in an area (spending) that the constitution expressly authorizes is exclusively within the control of congress:

“The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States”

“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law . . .”

Then a future president would be able to (a) create a national single payer health care system to address our health care emergency, (b) require the registration and restriction of all guns to address the emergency of gun violence, remove impediments to voting to address the emergency of blocking access to the ballot, etc.

Roberts has enough of a long view that there is no way he would go along. And I would 99% say that Thomas believes too much in the republican doctrine to go along either. Both would be concerned about undermining what little credibility the Court has left. Alito is a hack, to early to tell on Gorsuch or Kavanaugh.

I would bet a lot that Trump would have no more than 3 votes, and perhaps none.

stevecoh1 · February 14, 2019, 11:42pm

Even the Bernie-haters must acknowledge his value - if nothing else he puts the fear of God in McMorris-Rodgers.

tiowally · February 14, 2019, 11:49pm

I’m glad to see Cat’s brief brush with sanity resulted in a sensible statement. I look forward to her changing her position faster than Wonder Woman [redacted]; they call it the “Susan Collins.”

lastroth · February 15, 2019, 12:04am

Anyone know why CMR was replaced by Cheney as Conference Chairman?

marby · February 15, 2019, 12:12am

Pandering to the crazy right?

meri · February 15, 2019, 1:12am

Was she holding her son, Prop, while speaking?

ajm · February 15, 2019, 1:29am

Nothing like the fear that a President Hillary would have put in her.

rascal_crone · February 15, 2019, 3:31am

denunciation is overstating it

clunkertruck · February 15, 2019, 4:39am

mtblaze · February 15, 2019, 5:10am

Why mention Pelosi or Sanders, Cathy? Your man Trump is actually going to do it.

Besides, Your statement implies that you would approve it by a Republican if you could guarantee that Democrats wouldn’t reciprocate. That is a completely self-serving ethic. I guess that’s why there’s an “R” after your name.

jinnj · February 15, 2019, 1:29pm

She is like the student who gets the correct answer - but makes a total hash out of the “show your work” part. Her motivation is that some future Democratic president could use this approach to do something … even if that something was a good thing…
What EVERYONE should be terrified about is Trump using this approach several more times … each pushing the limits… but… and then using it in a dramatic way that imposes permanent sweeping changes to the structure of the country and indefinitely postpone elections.

maricaibo · February 15, 2019, 1:42pm

To my knowledge, and she’s been my misrepresentative for years, this is the first time I’ve heard her utter anything that didn’t either parrot the party line or ignore reality.

Reality Bites.

paulw · February 15, 2019, 2:28pm

So what’s the count at this point? Enough votes to carry a disapproval? Because even if trump vetoes that resolution, the judicial side would be strongly influenced.

mtblaze · February 16, 2019, 3:59pm

She sure knows how to stand behind the leaders though. If there is a camera filming Republicans, she will be standing back there somewhere.