Posted on 01/08/2019 10:46:48 AM PST by conservative98
These NeverTrumpers get dumber by the minute.
https://twitter.com/Peter_Wehner/status/1082475699804557313
The National Emergencies Act of 1976 allows the president to trigger emergency powers conferred on him not by me but by Congress. It has been in place in various forms for more than 150 years. It confers powers on a president that I think go too far, such as confiscating private businesses, etc. In this case, involving building a border barrier of some kind, that is a uniquely federal governmental responsibility; the president can use the law to undertake such a project and it can be challenged in the courts or overturned by a joint resolution of Congress. He needs to make his case under the statute, which is an easy case -- that securing the southern border is a national emergency given the chaos there and the related consequences, and the refusal by the Democrats to address it in any meaningful way and their holding the rest of the government hostage. The president can use the legitimate legal tools available to him to try to solve these problems. Unlike Obama, he is not legislating by creating, say, DACA, which is unconstitutional and does violate separation of powers. Congress set up this process. This isn't a misuse of constitutional authority. It's about statutory interpretation. I would encourage the NeverTrumpers to try to put their country ahead of their egos and try to control their emotional outbursts.
I know. I don’t know what people see in him. He got it completely wrong in 2016 yet people think he’s some kind of guru.
I listen to all his shows and you are full of crap.
Spot on! He should do those things and do them right after his meeting today with congressional leaders where nothing will get solved. Do it, ignore court injunctions which would surely come, ignore the house’s impeachment vote. JUST F’N DO IT! Who will stand in his way? I don’t think it matters to him that he gets impeached by the House. The American people are behind him and he will be re-elected in 2020.
Oh, and lock up all the sanctuary city/state leaders as well. It is time to take this country back.
For the record:
Cruz Levin Beck, Three Skid Marks Too Many
Beck won’t be mentioned further, but his was right in the thick of this. To not mention him would be to give him a pass.
April 27th, 2016 / Ted Cruz announces Carly Fiorina will be his V.P. pick. CNNPolitics (Yep, that Ted Cruz)
https://www.cnn.com/2016/04/27/politics/ted-cruz-carly-fiorina-vice-president/index.html
May 26, 2016 / Trump acquired the 1238 delegates he needed for the nomination
July 18-21, 2016 / Cruz Refuses to Endorse Trump for the Nomination
September 6th, 2017 / Mark Levin states publicly he will vote for Trump, but Cruz would have been much better / comes five months after him stating he never vote for Trump and after skewering Trump viciously for 3 months and ten days after Trump had the delegates to win the nomination
September 23rd, 2016 / Cruz says he’ll vote for Trump. After careful consideration he thinks Trump will be better. It only took him three days short of four month to figure this out, and this after taking a pass on creating party unity at the convention to get the most bang for the buck. This Ted calls, him honoring his pledge to support the Republican nominee. LOL
November 3rd, 2016 / Cruz Stumps with Mike Pence for Donald Trump / Refuses to mention Trump by name (at three events - not mentioned in the article unless I missed it) / This is how Ted supported the Republican nominee
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/ted-cruz-will-not-say-trump-name-230696
This is why I don’t really care to hear from either of these two pretend men, trying to pass themselves off as Conservatives.
In our hearts, we all know a whole lot better than that.
These two couldn’t have cared less if Clinton was elected or not, despite them offering up some pretenses of it.
If you don’t want someone else elected, you do everything in your power to prevent it. These two hemmed and hawed their way clear through.
If you believe them, then you think it takes over three months to figure out Hillary was a worse option? Really? This is who some folks want to think of as their White Knights?
Hack! Spit!
These guys, all three of them, are dead to me.
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