'Fox & Friends' host Kilmeade: Trump 'would set a terrible precedent' with national emergency order

The Hill ^ | 1/10/19 | Joe Concha

[red-dawg]

Feel free to use.

[Eddie01]

When I look in Brian’s eyes I see a scared little rabbit.

[Eddie01]

No TSA agent has had to go without a paycheck until today.

[lepton]

But presidential action to secure our own border is a problem?

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Not at all. Just concerns about this application of the mechanism.

[red-dawg]

Correct. That's why I made the graphic.
The Dems haven't caved yet and Trump needs all the support we can give him.

[Myrddin]

We have about 31 current "national emergencies" underway. Some get "renewed" annually to provide "cover" for actions without getting Congress involved.

[Bayan]

FDR became a de facto dictator on the basis of a declared “national emergency” and no one says a word about it. The reaction simply depends on who declares the national emergency.

[dangus]

The incredibly obvious difference is this: Congress has already directed the president to build the wall.

[dirtymac]

Don’t know but he is not a real sharp tack. I do not seen any credentials, experience or anything noteworthy where I or President Trump would stop and listen to what he says.

[rintintin]

Not at all. Just concerns about this application of the mechanism.

When Kilmeade starts calling for withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan because Congress never declared war, I’ll start believing his concern about the president supposedly misusing the emergency mechanism to protect our border.

[Fledermaus]

So did both Bushes, Clinton and Obama. Most still in effect.

[jersey117]

Definitely not the brains of the F&F operation.

[9YearLurker]

Et tu, Brian?

[Fledermaus]

Nonsense. They can’t prove anyone is violating law because of global warming.

[gogeo]

Sorry, Brian. Your assumptions are either mistaken or incorrect.

The fact the Trump would declare an emergency, then build a wall makes it no more or less likely that a future RAT president would do something similar. "It's not been done before," does not impede RATs.

Second, it's not merely an academic exercise in political theory. We're losing our country. What's your plan for after 40 million more illegals cross the border, claim their rightful place in the sun, complete with bennies?

[Crucial]

Didn’t Obama show us that Dems didn’t need a precedent to do anything?

[Yo-Yo]

The incredibly obvious difference is this: Congress has already directed the president to build the wall.

Equally obvious is that Congress authorized construction of the wall when they passed the Secure Fence Act of 2006, but has never allocated the resources to fully fund it.

It was another Schumer sleight-of-hand to placate Dubya. "Here's your fence, but no money to build it."

[MGunny]

The guy is a sports pundit.I really do not give a She-ite about his political comments.

[lepton]

That is a non sequitur....in more than one way.

As an aside, read up on what the Founders thought a Declaration of War was for.

[Yo-Yo]

The guy is a sports pundit.I really do not give a She-ite about his political comments.

Then you're not one of the 7 people who listen to his three hour radio program on SiriusXM.