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Nadler (D) Suggests a Dem President Can Seize Guns After Trump’s National Emergency Precedent
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | Feb 16, 2018 | Cameron Cawthorne

Posted on 02/18/2019 3:55:36 PM PST by SkyPilot

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) on Friday suggested a future Democratic president could confiscate citizens' guns based on the precedent of President Donald Trump's national emergency announcement regarding the border wall.

Nadler, the new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, appeared on CNN's "Cuomo Prime Time" to discuss Trump's announcement earlier in the morning. Trump declared it "necessary" to build the wall on the southern border.

Host Chris Cuomo asked Nadler if enough Republicans would come out against Trump, prompting him to say, "I think so" and that he believes Republicans are terrified of unintended consequences. He speculated about other hypothetical national emergencies if a Democrat were to win in 2020.

"If the president can declare an emergency today on this nonsense, on this, the Democratic president can decide that, as you mentioned, the 40,000 people a year killed in this country is a crisis. And why don't we take everybody's guns away? Or force everybody to register their guns, or ban all assault rifles, or do all of that without congressional approval?" Nadler said. "This opens up tyranny or dictatorship."

"Now it may be something that the Republicans don't particularly oppose, but tomorrow, with a Democratic president, it could be something they hate," Nadler continued.

Nadler isn't the only Democrat bringing up national emergency hypotheticals that a Democratic president could push in the future.

"Our next President should declare a #NationalEmergency on day 1 to address the existential threat to all life on the planet posed by Climate Change," tweeted freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.).

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To: SkyPilot

This is the beauty of Trump’s presidency. He has forced Democrats to reveal their true colors, and go all in for totalitarianism rather than their usual conning of voters every election cycle which pushes the Overton window.


21 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:07 PM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Trust the plan of the 17th letter of the English alphabet!!)
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To: All

This should help them win the next election.


22 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:11 PM PST by escapefromboston (Free Assange)
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Hey ya fat *hit...meet me in the Meadowlands.


23 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:14 PM PST by Doogle (( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: SkyPilot

Hillary all but said she was going to do the same once she took power - so nothing new here.


24 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:26 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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Hey Nadler, Bill of Rights, 2nd Amendment. “Shall not be infringed”.
Ring a bell, Fatboy?


25 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:43 PM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: SkyPilot
Nadler (D) Suggests a Dem President Can Seize Guns After Trump’s National Emergency Precedent

Thanks for the campaign ad, congressman.

26 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:49 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: SkyPilot
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) on Friday suggested a future Democratic president could confiscate citizens' guns

You'll be the one knocking on the door, right Jerry?

Even if there's no knock, you'll be at the head of the line, right?

27 posted on 02/18/2019 4:03:55 PM PST by grobdriver (BUILD KATE'S WALL!)
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To: SkyPilot

The greatest part of the Trump presidency is that he’s forcing the lefties to admit out in the open what they really want for this country. If that fat tub of donut batter thinks gun confiscation is going to happen he and the RATS have another thing coming!


28 posted on 02/18/2019 4:04:01 PM PST by dowcaet
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To: SkyPilot

These retards really think we’re dumb enough to back off calling for the wall to be built in this fashion due to their warnings that such a declaration could be used to “grab guns”?

Actually, they are stupid enough to believe so, it seems.

Try it and see what happens.


29 posted on 02/18/2019 4:04:08 PM PST by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: tennmountainman

Fill the fat boys a## with lead


30 posted on 02/18/2019 4:04:11 PM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: DesertRhino

If they do try it, we need to be unified. They will try to make an example so that we will all comply.

An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us.


31 posted on 02/18/2019 4:05:13 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: SkyPilot

Hmmmmm. Sorry there chunkee. Both items are covered by the constitution. Protecting the country and the 2nd amendment. “Moron labe” in your case.


32 posted on 02/18/2019 4:05:30 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: SkyPilot

Protecting the states from invasion is a Constitutional duty of the government.

The Second Amendment says they can’t take the citizens guns.

Someone needs to explain the Constitution to this idiot.


33 posted on 02/18/2019 4:06:40 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: SkyPilot

See. This is the goal of the Dems - gun confiscation.


34 posted on 02/18/2019 4:06:42 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: dowcaet

AND it exposees the cowardice of the GOPe left wing since it proves how easy it is to fight the crazy Dems.


35 posted on 02/18/2019 4:07:14 PM PST by Fledermaus (Republicans - As Usless As Democrats)
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To: SkyPilot

Near as I can tell, the scope of Trump’s emergency is the movement of some $5 to $15 billion of already appropriated funds by re-purposing the usage. The Dems are trying to scare others by saying that they’ll use the pen and phone to annul the 2nd amendment or institute the whole GND. Try that with just the authority of a rounding error in the budget!

Not that they wouldn’t be happy to have a leftwing dictator... but this border emergency isn’t in anyway a plausible precedent for that.


36 posted on 02/18/2019 4:07:27 PM PST by Pearls Before Swine ( "It's always a party when you're eating the seed corn.")
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To: SkyPilot

So where do you plan on hiding Jerry?You will be hunted by hundreds of snipers.


37 posted on 02/18/2019 4:08:11 PM PST by Farmer Dean (168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
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To: Fungi

Why are there so many idiot liars in the RAT party?

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Because lies and deception are the only way they survive and they know it.

If we had a decent Media, the Rats would be out of business in short order.


38 posted on 02/18/2019 4:08:52 PM PST by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: SkyPilot

This threat from Nancy and this Fatboy is a great way to lose even bigger in 2020. Trump has them all crazy.


39 posted on 02/18/2019 4:08:54 PM PST by toddausauras (How far will the left go in terms of destroying our personal freedoms?)
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To: tennmountainman
And who exactly is Fat Nadler going to send out to take my guns?

He'll send a large number of well equipped, uniformed government agents to do it. And he'll simultaneously inform all the Big Media that you're suspected of plotting terrorist attacks against blacks, gays, and women.

Plan accordingly.

40 posted on 02/18/2019 4:09:13 PM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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