Nope.
I believe the appropriate response here is: Spin Spin Sugar
Is he going to do it by royal decree? Is he going to carve a commandment in stone? Will he declare martial law? And will the fascistgop back his anti-democratic power play?
Inquiring minds want to know.
If Obama pulled an emergency declaration out of the blue like Trump Mulvaney would have pulled a gun on him and accused him of being a traitor. Freedom Caucus stooges have no loyalty except to themselves.
Power has been accruing to the Executive for decades. When was the last declared war, something the Constitution mandates as a role for Congress? Authority over spending is about the last power left to them. If they permit this President or any President to spend money that they specifically refused to authorize, Congress might as shut down for good.
Trump declaring a National Emergency over a fictional immigration issue will serve to further degrade his support because it will enter a Twilight Zone of endless legal wrangling among several committees and jurisdictions. It will go nowhere forever. Trump may want this,however, only to distract from everything else his karma going to pay for soon - coming at him now from various angles and jurisdictions. It’s not going to work out in a positive way for him, his last gasp I hope.
So, Mick you say
With, and let’s be clear about this, legal executive authority,” Mulvaney told Fox News’ Sean Hannity. “This is not a circumstance of the President overstepping his bounds.
Exactly what legal executive authority is pResident peeResident Spankee going to exercise? It seems pretty clear to me: Congress controls the appropriations process. We have no Privy Purse controlled by Spankee. In order to move money around in the budget he needs legal authority. Where is the legal authority?
ETA: Corrected pResident spelling to peeResident, H/T @ifeveroheverawiztherewas
Mulvaney didn’t say “cooperate”. I hate these TPM article titles.
Note the propagandistic headline on Hannity’s show. If there’s a crisis on the southern border, it’s not the fictional one State TV has decided to push 24/7.
Republicans claim they want democracy but it total BS unless the majority wants what they want. If not they will do anything and everything regardless if legal or not.
Can’t predict the future but do believe you are identifying the likely direction that this would go… basically stuck in mud …
Also - this from a numbers game standpoint, this would become dilutive to his base - it would be a critical constitutional issue … and there will be some conservatives who find it to be too much of a reach … and it definitely will not win him converts among moderates … so - a net loss … and since his support numbers are not healthy … this could lead to a cascading loss of support.
Hannity should be covering the crisis on the Southern Border “up close and personal” not from the comfy Fox studio. He is a star reporter after all.
So is he going to build his stupid wall with money from his Inaugural Committee slush fund?
I can see him sitting behind a desk out by the border … surrounded by a polite crowd of puzzled Mexicans … with SH looking like Fred Willard doing some insanely inane comedy skit.
The GOP guiding meme: It is not what you can do legally do, it is what you can get away with.
Peace
Please proceed, Mr. Cockholster.
I would prefer Hannity do his reporting from the southern border in July. Outdoors.
Huge crisis! Just huge!
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered the majority of National Guard troops deployed at her state’s Southern border to withdraw, condemning what she called a “charade of border fear-mongering” by President Trump, who has warned of an immigration emergency in the region.
“I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the Southern border,” Lujan Grisham said, adding that the area has “some of the safest communities in the country.” [https://www.npr.org/2019/02/06/691937342/n-m-governor-pulls-national-guard-from-border-citing-a-charade-at-federal-level]
Go ahead you mealy mouthed little sht. FK the will of the people and pretend that Donnie is the despot you always wanted. We will fking CRUSH you.