Power of President at Stake in War over Border Crisis.
Members
of the deep state, Democratic Party and now defectors from the GOP have
declared war against President Donald Trump over his national emergency
declaration. They want to stop him from securing the U.S.-Mexico border and
protecting everyday Americans from the flow of drugs, violent criminals and
illegals who refuse to adhere to our immigration laws.
If
one were to believe Democrats, the legislation to block President Trump’s
emergency declaration to fund the needed border wall is about preventing
presidential overreach. You know, like creating DACA. The Obama-era programs
that allowed young illegal immigrants to stay after Congress failed to act.
The
majority of Americans saw Obama’s executive overreach to give 700,000 young
people a stay of deportation as a humanitarian emergency. But when it comes to
protecting the country from criminal incursions, Democrats and now even some
Republicans are resisting and obstructing.
“I
hope our great Republican Senators don’t get led down the path of weak and
ineffective Border Security,” President Trump tweeted. “Without strong Borders,
we don’t have a Country — and the voters are on board with us. Be strong and
smart, don’t fall into the Democrats ‘trap’ of Open Borders and Crime!”
The
looming question is: Why is the president at war with Congress over American
security? The answer is quite simple. Power.
“I
think there will be 10 Republican ‘no’ votes. Possibly more,” Kentucky Sen.
Rand Paul said. “I can’t vote to give the president the power to spend
money that hasn’t been appropriated by Congress. We may want more money for
border security, but Congress didn’t authorize it. If we take away those checks
and balances, it’s a dangerous thing.”
Dangerous
for whom? Voters elected President Trump to smash Washington gridlock, restore
power to the people and build a border wall. The U.S. House passed a resolution
designed to block the president from fulfilling his American sovereignty
mandate by securing the southern border. Voters saw decades of failure to act
by Congress, similar to what Obama saw with the so-called Dreamers.
After
the U.S. House passed a resolution to block the president with 245 votes out of
435, including 13 GOP defectors, the Senate appears poised to follow suit.
There has been talk that as many as 10 Republicans will vote to obstruct
President Trump from building the 200-plus miles of border wall requested by
the Dept. of Homeland Security.
Other
GOP insiders such as Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell have urged the president to avoid using his emergency
powers and litigate the issue under existing federal law.
“I
was one of those hoping the president would not take the national emergency
route. Once he decided to do that, I said I would support it, but I was hoping
he wouldn’t take that particular path,” McConnell said.
President
Trump has rejected that path based on the political nature of courts such as
the Ninth District Court of Appeals that has shown a grotesque liberal bias.
Sen. Alexander and others appear more concerned about the ability of the
Commander in Chief to act without a Congress that has not done the people’s
work. Many Americans see Congress as a cesspool of insiders doing what is in
their best interest, not average working families.
“What
is clear in the Senate is that there will be enough votes to pass the
resolution of disapproval, which will then be vetoed by the president and then
in all likelihood the veto will be upheld in the House,” McConnell reportedly
said.
In
other words, President Trump’s veto will in all likelihood stand, clearing a
legislative hurdle toward completing the border wall started decades ago.
Should the President successfully redirect funds in the interest of national
security through his emergency declaration, he would solidify the power of the
president to smash gridlock once and for all. That power has Washington elites
nervous.
Chief
among Republican concerns is that President Trump’s exercising of emergency
powers in the interest of national security could be followed by a Democrat
president issuing anti-American actions in the future. They fear an
unprecedented liberal extremist power grab.
President
Trump spoke about the reality everyday Americans face if a Democrat is elected
during the recent CPAC gathering. “And a lot of people talk about precedent.
Precedent. That if we do this, the Democrats will use national emergency powers
for something that we don’t want. They’re going to do that anyway, folks.”
“The
best way to stop that is to make sure that I win the election. That’s the best
way to stop that. They’re going to do it anyway. They’ll do it anyway.”
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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