New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is preparing legislation to block President Donald Trump’s national emergency.
“@JoaquinCastrotx and I aren’t going to let the President declare a fake national emergency without a fight,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
.@JoaquinCastrotx and I aren’t going to let the President declare a fake national emergency without a fight. https://t.co/iPlcVVsm6U
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) February 15, 2019
The legislation announcement came hours after President Trump declared a national emergency, Yahoo News reported.
The legislation was announced shortly after the president held an event in the White House Rose Garden where he declared a national emergency and begrudgingly agreed to sign a congressional spending bill that did not include the billions of dollars he had requested for a wall to be built across the nation’s southern border.
“The order is signed,” the president declared on Friday. “We will have a national emergency and we will then be sued, and they will sue us in the 9th Circuit, even though it shouldn’t be there, and we will possibly get a bad ruling and then we’ll get another bad ruling and then we’ll end up in the Supreme Court.”
Mr Trump added that he hoped the nation’s highest court would provide a “fair shake” as an exhaustive legal battle now emerges surrounding one of his most fundamental campaign promises.
The president’s move followed a rare show of bipartisanship when lawmakers voted Thursday to fund large swaths of the government and avoid a repeat of this winter’s debilitating five-week government shutdown.
His insistence on wall funding has been a flashpoint in his negotiations with Congress for more than two years, as has the resistance of lawmakers in both parties to meeting the president’s request. West Wing aides acknowledged there was insufficient support among Republicans to sustain another shutdown fight, leading Mr Trump to decide to test the limits of his presidential powers.
In a statement posted to Twitter, Mr Castro said “dozens” of other Democratic lawmakers have signed onto the bill seeking to block the president’s national emergency. However, it remains unclear whether any Republicans will support the measure.
https://twitter.com/derek_mafs/status/1096427532465905665
Except you need 2/3 majority in both the House and Senate to terminate a national emergency which you don’t have and never will.
— David Whiteley (@dwcp2) February 15, 2019
You can’t do anything but run ur mouth! Trump is ur daddy!
— Robert (@Robert_D525) February 15, 2019
That’s so cute. By the way, good job of screwing your city.
— Ned Flanders (@GBR4ever72) February 15, 2019
To paraphrase a former Boston politician, "To a battle of wits, Ms.Ocasio-Cortez comes un-armed." @HowieCarrShow @G_CURLEY
— Joe Cavanaugh (@CapeAttorney) February 15, 2019
BUILD THE WALL!!!!!
— Sam Vienna (@Coolgirl0415) February 15, 2019
she is an absolute joke. her own party is distancing themselves from her. you can love this chic all ya want, the rest of the country is laughing at her! she has the mentality of a 6th grade child. WHO DIS? I pity a child that applauds losing 25,000 jobs and billions in income!
— Karrie Rainey (@KarrieRainey20) February 15, 2019