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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, well it's Tillis now. Even a dead digital clock will be right at the end of time:
Now, all of a sudden, he noticed the GOP king?
https://www.mediaite.com/online/gop-senator-slams-trump-emergency-declaration-republicans-who-decried-king-obama-should-be-consistent/
Senator Thom Tillis has announced his intention to vote in favor of a resolution to formally disapprove of President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency on the border.
In a Washington Post op-ed tonight, Tillis prefaces his criticism by emphasizing he is with Trump on border security issues and understands his frustration with Congress.
fierywoman
(8,540 posts)struggle4progress
(125,682 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)but his stated reasoning is intellectually honest.
I don't want to see any President wield that kind of power. There is a process for declaring national emergencies, and i don't see any Congress, current or future, putting up a fight over an actual national emergency.
