Posted on 01/28/2019 8:25:36 AM PST by SeekAndFind
The White House said on Friday night that Donald Trump will "move forward" with funding for a wall along the southern border "with our without the Democrats."
Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee tweeted the warning while she defended the president against conservative criticism that he caved on wall funding in order to end the shutdown.
The president refused to characterize the deal as a "concession":
For weeks, Trump said he would not sign a funding measure that did not include money for a border wall.
At various points he suggested that he would declare a national emergency to circumvent Congress to build a border wall, but resisted taking such a move, which would surely prompt legal challenges.
The president indicated Friday that if lawmakers do not offer funding for a wall when the three-week measure ends on Feb. 15, another shutdown could begin or he could declare an emergency to build the wall.
“We’ll work with the Democrats and negotiate, and if we can’t do that, then we’ll do a – obviously we’ll do the emergency because that’s what it is. It’s a national emergency,” Trump told reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House.
Trump's announcement that he would sign a temporary spending bill without securing money for a border wall was met with backlash from conservatives, with immigration hard-liner Ann Coulter calling him the “biggest wimp ever to serve as president.”
So did Trump cave to the Democrats or is he playing possum? CNN has been reporting all week that the White House has been working on declaring a national emergency and would get funds to build the wall from various government sources, including the military.
What sounded like a contingency plan has taken on a new significance with the president's recent statements.
The president made his remarks during a White House event with Hispanic pastors on Friday to discuss the importance of security on the Southern border.
Earlier Friday, Trump specified that he would reopen the government for three weeks to give negotiators more time to work out a border security compromise. A bipartisan committee will work together with the Department of Homeland Security to come up with a border security package for the president to sign.
The president was still adamant about funding more physical barriers on the border.
“If we don’t have that wall and we don’t have a very powerful barrier, it’s all just a waste of time,” he wrote. “It can’t work. Can’t work. So we’ll get it.”
Huckabee's question to Democrats about whether they want "something or nothing" is pertinent. Pelosi has scored her political points and, if she was smart, she would walk away from the table.
But that would cause howls of outrage from #theresistance. Trump must not only be beaten, but he must also be stomped. The anti-Trump hysteria of Democrats may play into Trump's hands by forcing Pelosi to stand firm against any wall funding, allowing Trump to delight conservatives by declaring a national emergency on the border.
Trump's so-called cave-in to Democrats was only round one. Round two may be even more interesting -- and contentious.
you funny..
The democrats have already selected a judge and have the documents waiting.
Trump calls it, minutes later the judge kills it.
The ONLY way a wall gets built is if Trump tells the judge to eff off.
(and I am fine with that, even a middle finger for good measure)
it’s not like the last one was at 4 PM eastern time on a saturday or anything either right? ;)
Yep, that’s probably right. They are already talking about impeachment on this Russia collusion hoax so I can imagine what would happen if he ignored a court order. And you know what? I don’t blame democrats. They’re crazy. There’s always going to be crazy people. I blame the Republican party that does NOTHING NOTHING NOTHING to stop this insanity!! Every week it’s the same crap, we get Graham and maybe one or two others standing up to these psychopaths while the rest of them hide under their desks or twiddle their thumbs. It’s just absolute back stabbing betrayal. They damn well know this open border crap is costing lives and they do absolutely nothing while these nuts stomp all over them all because they don’t consider Trump worthy of their elitist clique. And not even that: 8 years of Obama they did nothing, abuses by the IRS, Benghazi, financing terror via Iran, releasing 5 Taliban commanders for a defector to the enemy who Obama celebrated as a hero, absolutely nothing was done, backstabbing bastards. And now Democrats are running hardcore blatant communists and they are getting elected and they say nothing! Last week this Cortez and the other nut saying being rich is immoral, all people should make the same salary! What the hell?? They are pushing communism! Where are the Republicans??? I live in New York, not by choice, I’m caring for a sick parent, and I can’t believe what’s going on here. In the past month alone the Mayor of New York city said all healthcare will be for free for everybody including illegals. Then we had Cuomo legalizing abortion at full term and the next day he announces free college tuition for illegals. Any Republicans protest this? Not that I know of. Peter King say anything? Oh of course not.
Still leaves about 150 million who do not participate, which is more than the total that do vote.
Getting some of them interested would be a clincher for either side.
If the Cultural Marxist judges put a stop to the wall construction, can the lawyers put a stay on the ruling? I think mass demonstrations would put an exclamation point to this tyranny. Can another court issue the stay?
ROFL...some of us work for a living, run businesses, etc...hearing a speech live is a luxury we do not have.
correct. I expect this crap from the democrats.
I don’t expect any of this crap from the republicans. or at least I shouldn’t.. but lately.. I kinda do.
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