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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 05:53 PM Feb 2019

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 Trump’s 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 Trump’s proclamation is more controversial simply because “it’s 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





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AP FACT CHECK: Senator makes false national emergency claim (Original Post) Judi Lynn Feb 2019 OP
Republicans lie. It's what they do. nt SunSeeker Feb 2019 #1
One more Lying Liar who worships the ground Steven Miller slithers across... Ford_Prefect Feb 2019 #2
To which I would've responded... CDerekGo Feb 2019 #3
Locking... DonViejo Feb 2019 #4

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
1. Republicans lie. It's what they do. nt
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:00 PM
Feb 2019

Ford_Prefect

(7,817 posts)
2. One more Lying Liar who worships the ground Steven Miller slithers across...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:02 PM
Feb 2019

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.

CDerekGo

(507 posts)
3. To which I would've responded...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:04 PM
Feb 2019

"You're a Special Kind of Stupid, aren't ya?"

DonViejo

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4. Locking...
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:26 PM
Feb 2019

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