Posted on 01/11/2019 9:26:22 AM PST by Yo-Yo
"Fox & Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade warned President Trump Thursday morning not to declare a national emergency to build a border wall without getting congressional approval, arguing it would set "a terrible precedent."
"It would be a disaster in the big picture and it would show us being inept and unable to govern around the world," Kilmeade said. "It would set a terrible precedent."
“The next president, if it is a liberal president, will say a state of emergency will be climate change," he added. "Look at what happened with [Hurricane] Sandy, look at what happened with the earthquake, look at what’s happening to the polar bears, who’ve no place to walk on ice.”
"This would be a bad sign that the courts are forced to do something that politicians can't," Kilmeade concluded.
The commentary comes as the partial government shutdown reached its 20th day on Thursday with no compromise on the horizon.
Trump has strongly hinted at declaring a national emergency to end the impasse over his long-promised wall, setting up a possible confrontation on Capitol Hill.
Kilmeade recently has been critical of the president on issues including his decision to pull troops out of Syria.
"Nobody thinks ISIS is defeated," Kilmeade said on Dec. 20, before also adding, "For the president to declare victory just is inaccurate."
Trump reportedly watches "Fox & Friends" on a regular basis and has done multiple interviews with the program since taking office. He has also taken to Twitter to laud the show's ratings performance against the competition.
Brian Kilmeade and the rest of F&F is getting a little tiresome. The show stinks. Kilmeade has no idea what he’s talking about.
You mean like when obama set a terrible precedent by forcing people to buy health issurance? This is war, folks. Get over it. Either fight back or perish. It is as simple as that now.
JoMa
You mean like when obama set a terrible precedent by forcing people to buy health issurance? This is war, folks. Get over it. Either fight back or perish. It is as simple as that now.
JoMa
So true. We are dealing with an enemy who will use anything they can against you. Use their own playbook when it make sense, and recognize the only way you keep things like the Presidency are by doing things now, not worrying about some future date.
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?
And they are in the majority and its irrelevant what hard working , honest people think or care about....
I am not aware of a President being able to impose a tax based upon a national emergency. What he could do in connection with global warmig is hypothetical, but that would not be included. What Kilmeade is worrying about is exactly how Obama governed, by EO.
The guy is a moron.
Trump needs to do the emergency order because the Congress and 3 letter agencies have sold out. The most rational conclusion is that they have been bribed.
Who you ask had bribed Congress?
Well that’s easy. Drug cartels, human traffickers, money laundering banks. No, they just didn’t just go to Nancy and Chuck’s office and dropped a bag of cash, there were intermediaries at the banks, DEA, CIA of course.
Trump can’t get the votes because they are fully compromised. If we have a wall, the drug trade will significantly slow down. With a wall and lots of surveillance, it won’t be as easy for DEA and CIA and other corrupt government operative to look the other way.
Hopefully he will act to fund the wall and if he can expose these frauds that would be incredible.
I’m referring, of course, to the Secure Fence Act.
Oh, yeah that NOT DOING IT will surely stop them from doing a power grab....NOT!
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