AP FACT CHECK: Senator makes false national emergency claim
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Source: Associated Press
By AMANDA SEITZ
35 minutes ago
Sen. Kevin Cramer, a North Dakota Republican, claimed this week that members of Congress are opposing President Donald Trumps national emergency declaration because they dislike the president.
Trump announced the declaration last week to help finance a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a move that House Democrats are expected to try to block through a resolution Friday.
During a podcast interview with a conservative North Dakota blogger, Cramer described presidential national emergency declarations as routine and said Trumps proclamation is more controversial simply because its the president.
Cramer pointed to a national emergency declaration issued under President Barack Obama to further illustrate his point.
Read more: https://apnews.com/5b5eb06cbe9b4d829c393dda18b76e74
Senator Kevin, with a friend.
SunSeeker
(51,367 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,817 posts)BTW: Where are the subpoenas for Miller having subverted the Rule of law and shredding the Constitutional separation of powers??? He is the one who told Ol' Hamster Hair that it was OK so to do.
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DonViejo
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