>>> DONALD TRUMP TODAY SNATCHING A POTENTIALLY DEVASTATING LEGAL
DEFEAT FROM THE JAWS OF A
CRUSHING POLITICAL DEFEAT.
AND LIKELY HOBBLING HIS OWN CASE
FOR THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY HE
DECLARED TODAY.
DECLARED TODAY. THAT NATIONAL EMERGENCY FOR
BORDER WALL FUNDING BREAKING
NORMS AND POTENTIALLY LAWS AND
COSTING THE PRESIDENT SUPPORT
AMONG REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS
AND AMONG MANY HIGH-PROFILE
MEMBERS OF HIS BASE.
THAT HE GETS HIS WALL AND TO
DELIVER ON ONE OF HIS SIGNATURE
CAMPAIGN PROMISES, HE HAD TO,
HAD TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY,
RIGHT?
RIGHT? >> I COULD DO THE WALL OVER A
LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.
I DIDN’T NEED TO DO THIS.
BUT I WOULD RATHER DO IT MUCH
FASTER.
FASTER. AND I DON’T HAVE TO DO IT FOR
THE ELECTION.
THE ELECTION. I’VE ALREADY DONE A LOT OF WALL
FOR THE ELECTION, 2020.
AND THE ONLY REASON WE’RE UP
HERE TALKING ABOUT THIS IS
BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION.
>> WHAT?
>> WHAT? HE SAYS THAT OUT LOUD.
IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR HALFWAY
DECENT ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL
MESS TRUMP MADE FOR HIMSELF THIS
WEEK BY USURPING THE POWER OF
THE PURSE FROM CONGRESS, TRUMP
GAVE US THAT TOO.
.
. >> WE WILL HAVE A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY AND WE WILL THEN BE
SUED, AND THEY WILL SUE US IN
THE NINTH 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, AND HOPEFULLY
WE WILL GET A FAIR SHAKE.
>> AND APRIL AROFACT AAPRIL RA P
TRUMP TWEETED ABOUT THE
AMENDMENT AND HE TOSSED IT
AROUND AS A POSSIBILITY.
HERE’S SOME OF THE OTHER BIZARRE
MOMENTS OF TODAY’S UNHINGED
PERFORMANCE IN THE ROSE GARDEN.
>> YOU KNOW I NEVER DID POLITICS
BEFORE.
BEFORE. NOW I DO POLITICS.
I USE MANY STATS.
?
? CAN YOU SHARE THE STATS WITH US?
>> YOU HAVE STATS THAT ARE FAR
WORSE THAN THE ONES I USE BUT I
USE MANY STATS.
I WANT TO WISH OUR ATTORNEY
GENERAL GREAT LUCK AND SPEED AND
ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
RUSH LIMBAUGH, I THINK HE’S A
GREAT GUY.
GREAT GUY. HE’S A GUY THAT CAN SPEAK FOR
THREE HOURS WITHOUT A PHONE
CALL.
CALL. TRY DOING THAT SOME TIME.
ANN COULTER, I DON’T KNOW HER.
I HARDLY KNOW HER.
I HAVEN’T SPOKEN TO HER IN WAY
OVER A YEAR.
I LIKE HER.
BUT SHE’S OFF THE RESERVATION.
YOU’RE CNN, YOU’RE FAKE NEWS.
YOU HAVE AN AGENDA.
THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES A
TREMENDOUS JOB AND WE DON’T GET
CREDIT FOR IT.
HE HAD ROCKET SHIPS AND MISSILES
FLYING OVER JAPAN AND THEY HAD
ALARMS GOING OFF.
YOU KNOW THAT.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY FEEL
GOOD, THEY FEEL SAFE.
I DID THAT.
MY BUTTON IS BIGGER THAN YOURS
AND MY BUTTON WORKS, REMEMBER
THAT?
THAT? AND PEOPLE SAID TRUMP IS CRAZY.
>> WAIT.
>> WAIT. BECAUSE SHE SAID IT BETTER THAN
I CAN.
I CAN. HERE’S ANN COULTER.
>> MORE THAN ANY OTHER, OTHER
PRESIDENTIAL MANDATE IN THE
HISTORY OF THE NATION, TRUMP’S
MANDATE WAS TO BUILD A WALL UP.
NO ONE THOUGHT OH, LOOK, HE WAS
GOVERNOR OF THE BIGGEST STATE IN
THE UNION.
THE UNION. HE WAS -- HE USED TO RUN THE
CIA.
CIA. HE WAS REAGAN’S VICE PRESIDENT.
HE WAS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS FDR’S.
NO, IT WAS ONE THING, THE
PROMISE HE MADE EVERY SINGLE DAY
AT EVERY SINGLE SPEECH.
>> I UNDERSTAND.
>> SO FORGET THE FACT THAT HE’S
DIGGING HIS OWN GRAVE.
THIS IS JUST -- IT’S THE ONLY
NATIONAL EMERGENCY IS OUR
PRESIDENT IS AN IDIOT.
>> PETER.
>> PETER. >> I WAS IN THE ROSE GARDEN AS
THIS TOOK PLACE IN THE FRONT ROW
AND BASICALLY WATCH BACK THE
CLIPS OVER THE COURSE OF THE
DAYS --
DAYS -- >> GIVE YOU PTSD.
>> WE’RE ALL DEALING WITH
SOMETHING I THINK.
HERE’S THE BOTTOM LINE IS THIS
IS REMARKABLE FOR A REASON, THE
ONE THAT ACTUALLY MATTERS IN
RELATION TO THE EMERGENCY.
THE PRESIDENT ERASED ANY DOUBT
ABOUT HIS MOTIVATION FOR THE
NATIONAL EMERGENCY SAYING I
DIDN’T NEED TO DO THIS, I JUST
WANTED TO DO IT FASTER.
ALREADY DEMOCRATS POUNCED ON
THIS.
THIS. THE ACLU, WHICH IS GOING TO BE
CHALLENGING THIS DECLARATION, IS
ALREADY USING THAT IN THE FIRST
SENTENCE OF THE RELEASE THEY
POSTED TODAY.
POSTED TODAY. THE BOTTOM LINE IS NATIONAL
EMERGENCIES ARE NOT TO BE
SCHEDULED.
SCHEDULED. YOU CAN’T TALK ABOUT NATIONAL
EMERGENCIES FOR A COUPLE OF
MONTHS AND THEN SAY WE’LL DO IT
NEXT TUESDAY IN THE ROSE GARDEN.
IT’S A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
>> AND IN THE ROSE GARDEN SAY
BUT NO, IT’S NOT AN EMERGENCY.
>> THAT’S THE VERY POINT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS WITHIN
SECONDS OF ANNOUNCING THAT HE
WAS GOING TO DO THIS, HE SAID I
REALLY DIDN’T NEED TO DO THIS.
I’M DOING IT BECAUSE I WANT TO
MOVE FORWARD.
MOVE FORWARD. >> I WANT TO PUSH BACK ON
SOMETHING YOU SAID, I DON’T
THINK IT DOESN’T MATTER THAT ANN
COULTER CALLED HIM AN IDIOT AND
HE ACTED LIKE ONE.
DONALD TRUMP IS AWARE ENOUGH OF
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR
NOT THE 25th AMENDMENT GETS
BATTERED AROUND THAT HE
RETWEETED THIS MORNING FROM HIS
TWITTER FEED A COMMENT FROM ALAN
DERSHOWITZ ABOUT THE AMENDMENT.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ANN
COULTER, THE BOTTOM LINE, YOU
SAW LAURA INGRAHAM, SEAN HANNITY
AND COMMENTS IN RECENT DAYS, THE
PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE
RELATIONSHIP HERE.
RELATIONSHIP HERE. ANN COULTER IS ONE THE PRESIDENT
CAN SAY I DON’T KNOW ANN
COULTER.
COULTER. THE PRESIDENT HAS PRAISED HER IN
THE PAST ROUTINELY.
I CAN NAME THREE OCCASIONS HE
SAID SOMETHING COMPLIMENTARY
ABOUT HER.
ABOUT HER. BUT FOR ALL OF THOSE VOICES,
THERE’S NOT A LOT OF PLACES FOR
THEM TO GO.
>> HERE’S THE POWER OF ANN
COULTER, AND I NEVER THOUGHT I
WOULD FIND MYSELF IN THIS
POSITION, BUT ANN COULTER SAYING
THE PERFECTS IS AN IDIOT, HE CAN
BE NAKED AND NOT THAT I WISH
THIS ON ANYBODY, BUT HE COULD BE
NAKED AND THE FOUR OF US COULD
SAY FOR 60 STRAIGHT MINUTES THE
PRESIDENT IS NAKED, 40% OF THE
COUNTRY WOULD THINK THE FOUR OF
US ARE LIARS.
HE’S NOT NAKED.
HE’S FULLY DRESSED.
ANN COULTER COMES OUT AND SAID
HE’S BUCK BLEEP NAKED AND THEY
SUDDENLY SEE HIM AS NAKED
BECAUSE ANN COULTER HAS HAD A
MORE INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP,
AGREES WITH HIS BASE ON MORE
ISSUES THAN HE DOES.
I THINK THE BREAK WITH ANN
COULTER IS A THING BECAUSE HER
CALLING HIM AN IDIOT HAS A LOT
MORE POWER THAN ANYBODY ANYWHERE
ELSE CALLING HIM AN IDIOT.
>> I DON’T KNOW -- HEARTENING TO
HEAR ANN COULTER SAY THAT THE
WAY HE GOT CHEERS AND SPIRITS,
SOMEBODY SPEAKING THE PLAIN
TRUTH SO CLEARLY.
BUT I DON’T KNOW ANN COULTER HAS
ANY POLITICAL FOLLOWERS OR
OVERSTATES HER POWER.
SHE’S A MIRROR.
>> YOU READ HER BOOKS.
>> I’M TO THE SURE THERE’S A LOT
OF PEOPLE IN TRUMP NATION WHO IF
ANN COULTER DECIDES TO DEFECT
AND BECOME A TRUMP HATER THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO BE ANN COULTER’S
LEAVING THE PRESIDENT?
I’M GOING WITH ANN COULTER.
WHERE I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT IS
THIS, IN DECEMBER ANN COULTER
SINGLE-HANDEDLY ALMOST WITH THE
HELP OF RUSH LIMBAUGH AND SEAN
HANNITY THREW THE ENTIRE COUNTRY
INTO DISARRAY.
INTO DISARRAY. THE PRESIDENT WAS READY TO SIGN
A DEAL.
A DEAL. HE WAS READY TO MAKE THE DEAL,
KEEP THE GOVERNMENT FUNDED, ET
CETERA, ET CETERA.
DO ALL OF THIS STUFF, AND THEN
ANN COULTER MADE A STINK, AND IT
MATTERED SO MUCH TO DONALD TRUMP
THAT HE DERAILED EVERYTHING AND
THREW US INTO THE LONGEST
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN HISTORY.
NOW, TWO MONTHS LATER HE
SUFFERED ALL OF THAT DAMAGE AND
AT THE END OF ALL OF IT, HE’S
NOT MADE HER HAPPY.
SHE’S CALLING HIM AN IDIOT.
AND I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IT
SAYS IS WHAT A LOSER.
I MEAN, THE ONLY -- SHE WAS LIKE
THE ONLY PERSON HE WANTED TO
MAKE HAPPY.
MAKE HAPPY. HE THREW THE COUNTRY INTO
DISARRAY TO BASICALLY HER AND
RUSH LIMBAUGH AND SEAN HANNITY
HAPPY.
HAPPY. AT THE END OF ALL OF THIS,
THEY’RE NOT HAPPY EITHER.
NANCY PELOSI KICKED HISS ASS IN
THE SHUTDOWN, AND NOW HE’S OUT
THERE LIKE BEGGING FOR CRUMBS
AND SHE’S CALLING HIM AN IDIOT
ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
HOW MUCH WORSE CAN IT GET ON
THIS ISSUE, THIS PARTICULAR
FIGHT HE’S FOUGHT?
HE LOST ON EVERY FRONT.
>> JOYCE, I FOLLOW KATIA AND
JOYCE CONWAY CONTINUE GETS MY
ATTENTION WHEN THEY AGREE
AGGRESSIVELY AND VIGOR ON
SOMETHING.
SOMETHING. WITHIN MOMENTS OF ONE ANOTHER,
THEY BOTH TWEETED THE FIRST
LINES IN THE LAWSUITS AGAINST
THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION WILL
BE THE PRESIDENT’S OWN COMMENTS
TODAY IN THE ROSE GARDEN.
IS THAT THE LEGAL CASE AGAINST
THE EMERGENCY, THAT THE PERSON
WHO DECLARED THE EMERGENCY SAID
THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY?
>> I THINK PETER BECAME A HERO
FOR PLAINTIFFS’ LAWYERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY TODAY WHEN HE ASKED
THE PRESIDENT THAT QUESTION.
I LITERALLY COULD NOT BELIEVE
THE ANSWER, BECAUSE WHAT LAWYERS
HAVE BEEN BANDYING ABOUT,
CONSTITUTIONAL LAWYERS, THE
SMART PEOPLE THAT I DON’T
INCLUDE MYSELF AMONG BUT THEY’VE
BEEN HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE EXCEPT OF THE EXECUTIVE
POWER BEING THE FOCUS OF THIS
WITH COURTS GIVING GREAT
DEFERENCE TO THE PRESIDENT OVER
HIS DETERMINATION THAT SOMETHING
IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
AND, OF COURSE, THEY WOULD HAVE
ARGUED THAT BUT NOT EXPECTED
NECESSARILY TO WIN.
NOW THE PRESIDENT I THINK HAS
PUT THAT INTO QUESTION, EVEN
THOUGH THE DATA HAS ALWAYS
SUGGESTED THAT THERE’S NO
NATIONAL EMERGENCY HERE.
CRIME IS DOWN, IMMIGRATION IS
DOWN.
DOWN. DRUGS DON’T COME THROUGH THE
BORDER LIKE THE PRESIDENT SEEMS
TO THINK THAT THEY DO.
AND NOW HERE WE’VE GOT THE
PRESIDENT HIMSELF ESSENTIALLY
SAYING, IT’S NOT A NATIONAL
EMERGENCY.
EMERGENCY. AND EVERY LAWYER WILL PICK UP ON
THAT.
THAT. TRUMP MAY THINK THEY’RE GOING TO
GO TO THE NINTH CIRCUIT, THE
MOST LIBERAL CIRCUIT IN THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE CASES
THERE.
THERE. BUT THERE’S ONE CASE IN PROGRESS
ON THE TEXAS BORDER THAT’S IN
THE FIFTH CIRCUIT, ONE OF THE
VERY CONSERVATIVE CIRCUITS THAT
EXISTS IN THE DEEP SOUTH, I
EXPECT THAT THEY WILL SUCCEED
THERE AS WELL, AND THE PRESIDENT
WILL HAVE ONLY HIMSELF TO THANK
FOR THEIR VICTORY.
>> THEY WILL LOSE LIKELY
LEGALLY.
LEGALLY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ALSO DIED
ANOTHER DEATH TODAY.
I TEXTED JOE SCARBOROUGH AND I
SAID I KNOW WE SAY IT A MILLION
TIMES, IS THIS THE DEATH KNELL
ANYTHING CONSERVATIVE?
ANYTHING CONSERVATIVE? HE SAID, I COMPLETELY HAVE GIVEN
UP HOW LOW REPUBLICANS WILL GO
FOR THIS GUY.
THIS IS A REPUBLICAN PARTY THAT
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ISSUED AN
EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HAPPENED TO
ALSO BE ABOUT IMMIGRATION.
THIS IS A VICE PRESIDENT IN MIKE
PENCE WHO WAS AMONG THE LOUDEST
SCREAMERS.
SCREAMERS. THIS WAS A PARTY THAT MADE THIS
SUCH A POLITICAL ISSUE.
THIS IS A PARTY THAT LAID DOWN
TODAY AND BEGGED DONALD TRUMP TO
DRIVE HIS CHOO-CHOO TRAIN OVER
THEIR DEAD BODIES.
>> THIS IS A PARTY WHO SUES
BARACK OBAMA WHEN HE TOOK
EXECUTIVE ACTION FOR OBAMACARE
SUBSIDIES AND WON ON THE ISSUE
IT WAS EXECUTIVE OVERREACH AND
THAT THE POWER OF THE PURSE
RESTS WITH THE CONGRESS, NOT
WITH THE WHITE HOUSE.
THERE ARE A FEW REPUBLICANS WHO
ARE VERY UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT
THIS AND CAME OUT AND SAID THEY
WISHED THE PRESIDENT WOULD NOT
DO THAT, SO IT IS NOT
COMPLETELY --
COMPLETELY -- >> I COUNTED ONE.
JOHN CORNYN.
JOHN CORNYN. >> BEFOREHAND, MITCH McCONNELL
WAS AMONG THOSE PEOPLE SAYING
THEY SHOULDN’T DO THIS.
THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
I WILL SUPPORT THE PRESIDENT,
DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
>> I COUNTED ONE.
WERE THERE MORE THAN JOHN CORNYN
TODAY?
TODAY? >> SENATOR COLLINS.
>> RUBIO, COLLINS, I THINK
MURKOWSKI.
MURKOWSKI. >> WHO CRITICIZED HIM TODAY?
ANYBODY?
ANYBODY? I SAW ONE.
>> CONGRESS IS OUT TODAY.
>> IN THE COUNTRY, ONE.
>> BUT THE POINT IS, THIS IS A
BIG PROBLEM FOR THEM.
THIS IDEA OF THIS SEPARATION OF
POWERS, THE IDEA OF OVERREACH,
THE RULE OF LAW, THE OVERREACH
OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH, HAS
BEEN A REPUBLICAN CALL OVER AND
OVER AGAIN THROUGHOUT ANY
DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION, AND
PRESIDENT TRUMP IS THROWLING
THAT OUT OF THE WINDOW.
I THINK HE KNOWS THIS IS A LOSER
FOR HIM LEGALLY.
HE’S JUST USING THIS AS A
POLITICAL FIGHT.
POLITICAL FIGHT. THE WHOLE SPIEL ABOUT HOW HE’S
GOING TO LOSE AND IT’S BECAUSE
IT’S POLITICAL, I’M SURE HE’S
BEEN INFORMED, THIS IS A
TERRIBLE THING TO DO.
IT’S GOING TO BE CHALLENGED AND
YOU WILL LIKELY LOSE, BUT HE
DOESN’T CARE.
DOESN’T CARE. HE’S BOXED IN.
HE LOST IN THE FIGHT WITH NANCY
PELOSI.
PELOSI. HE’S BOXED IN AND THIS IS THE
ONLY PLACE HE CAN GO
POLITICALLY.
POLITICALLY. >> IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN AND
YOU WANT TO BE THE PRESIDENT,
YOU KNOW, YOU’RE NOT 70 LIKE
MOST OF THEM IN THE SENATE, YOU
TODAY READ A BOOK ABOUT WHAT
REPUBLICANS USED TO SOUND LIKE
AND TALK LIKE AND ACT LIKE, AND
YOU COME OUT AGGRESSIVELY
AGAINST THIS.
AGAINST THIS. YOU JOIN NEAL KATYAL AND GEORGE
CONWAY’S LEGAL ARGUMENT AGAINST
IT.
IT. >> LOOK, I THINK -- I WOULD.
YOU KNOW, IF I WERE A
REPUBLICAN, AN AMBITIOUS
REPUBLICAN LOOKING FOR THE
FUTURE, I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE SHORT-TERM FUTURE.
I’M TALKING ABOUT REPUBLICANS
WHO MIGHT IN SOME THEORETICAL
UNIVERSE DECIDE TO CHALLENGE
TRUMP IN 2020, BUT IF YOU’RE
LOOKING DOWN THE ROAD FOR LIFE
AFTER TRUMP, SOMETHING THEY
WOULDN’T FATHOM THAT THERE WOULD
BE SUCH A THING, ONE OF THE MOST
INCOMPREHENSIBLE THINGS IN THE
WORLD, AS AN EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WHO
LIED TO HOUSE INTEL COMMITTEE,
NOT CONSIDERING IN TWO YEARS
DOWN THE ROW, DEMOCRATICS COULD
BE IN THE LEAD AND THEY COULD BE
TRIED
TRIED TRIED.
TRIED. THEY FIND IT IMPOSSIBLE TO FOCUS
THEIR MINDS 24 MONTHS OR SIX
YEARS FORWARD THAT THERE’S A
WORLD AFTER DONALD TRUMP.
IN THAT WORLD, STANDING UP TO
DONALD TRUMP ON THIS ISSUE,
EXHIBITING SOME KIND OF SPINE,
SOME PRINCIPLE, AND I’M NOT
SAYING SOME OF THE OLD
REPUBLICAN VARATES WOULD DO THEM
GREAT GOOD IN THEIR LONG-TERM
POLITICAL FUTURES, BUT YOU KNOW,
THEY HAVE BEHAVED IN TOTALLY
IRRATIONAL WAYS FOR THE LAST TWO
YEARS IN TERM OF THEIR
SELF-INTEREST.
SELF-INTEREST. >> I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE LAST
WORD.
WORD. YOU KNOW, EVERY WEEK IS LIKE 11
WEEKS LONG.
WEEKS LONG. THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THE LONGEST
JANUARY/FEBRUARY OF MY LIFE.
BUT --
BUT -- >> YOU’RE WELCOME TO THE COME TO
THE WHITE HOUSE AND JOIN US.
>> NO, BUT WE LIVE AND DIE BY
ALL YOUR GREAT REPORTING FROM
THERE.
THERE. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
>> WELL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
WAYS TO VIEW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
YOU CAN VIEW IT IN THE
SHORT-TERM AND IN THE LONG TERM.
IN THE SHORT TERM, THIS GUY IS A
DAY TRADER.
DAY TRADER. HE’S GOING TO FIGHT THE NEXT
FIGHT IN THE MOMENT IT OCCURS.
WHEN YOU’RE CHALLENGING HIM TO
THE QUESTIONS WE WITNESSED IN
THE ROSE GARDEN, HE’S QUICKLY
TRYING TO COME UP WITH SOME
FACTS, SOME INFORMATION,
SOMETHING HE HEARD FROM A PHONE
CALL AND SPEWS IT.
ONE ABOUT THE ILLEGAL PORTS OF
ENTRY, THE PRESIDENT SUGGESTED
IT WAS A LIE TO SUGGEST MOST
DRUGS COME THROUGH PORTS OF
ENTRY.
ENTRY. WE KNOW 90% OF DRUGS COME
THROUGH PORTS OF ENTRY, BUT HE
HAS TO FIGHT BACK.
WHEN WE SUGGESTED WHY ARE YOU
DECLARING A NATIONAL EMERGENCY
NOW?
NOW? HE SAID BLAME PAUL RYAN.
IN TERMS OF WHAT COMES NEXT, WHO
KNOWS WHAT COMES NEXT.
I THINK WE SAW THE BEGINNING OF
2020.
2020. THE PRESIDENT IS ALL IN.
THIS IS THE WAY WE’RE GOING TO
GO.
GO. WE’RE GOING TO HANG THIS UP IN
THE COURTS.
THE COURTS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS HE PUSHED
ASIDE THE FIGHT WITH CONGRESS TO
IN
IN INTRODUCE A BATTLE IN THE COURTS
AND HE THINKS RHETORICALLY,
THAT’S EASIER TO DEAL WITH.
THE COURTS CAN’T FIGHT BACK THE
WAY THESE LAWMAKERS COULD.
>> WHAT HAPPENS NEXT LEGALLY?
DOES THIS DECLARATION GO THROUGH
AND MONEY -- I MEAN, DO
CONSTRUCTION WORKERS HEAD TO THE
BORDER AND START HAMMERING WITH
HAMMERS AND NAILS OR DOES THIS
GET STOPPED?
GET STOPPED? >> I KNOW JARED AND THE
PRESIDENT LOOKED AT PICTURES AND
PAINT COLORS, BUT DOES THIS GET
STOPPED BEFORE ANYBODY ROLLS
INTO PICKUP?
INTO PICKUP? >> THERE’S A GRACE PERIOD HERE.
THE PRESIDENT CAN ACTUALLY SPEND
SOME MONEY UNDER LEGISLATION
THAT WAS PASSED IN THE WANING
DAYS OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
FOR FENCING.
FOR FENCING. BUT I THINK WHAT REALLY HAPPENS
HERE IS BASED ON THE STATUTE
THAT’S INVOLVED IN CALLING FOR A
NATIONAL EMERGENCY SITUATION,
AND THAT PERMITS CONGRESS TO
OVERRIDE THE PRESIDENT’S
DETERMINATION.
DETERMINATION. I THINK WE’LL LIKELY SEE THAT
BEGIN IN THE HOUSE.
THE SENATE WILL HAVE TO TAKE A
VOTE ON IT.
THE WAY THAT THIS LAW IS
WRITTEN.
WRITTEN. AND SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE AN
ON THE RECORD ACCOUNTING FOR ALL
OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, DO
THEY BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF LAW?
DO THEY SUPPORT THE RULE OF LAW,
OR ARE THEY WILLING TO THROW THE
RULE OF LAW INTO THE TRASH CAN
AND SUPPORT THIS PRESIDENT?
AND THAT MAY BE THE COMPELLING
DEVELOPMENT AS A RESULT OF
WHAT’S HAPPENED THIS MORNING.
>> YOU AGREE WITH THAT?
>> I THINK SHE’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE WHOLE POINT WAS TO AVOID
THIS MOMENT, AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN, THIS IS THE MOMENT
THAT’S GOING TO SHOW UP IN THEIR
LAPS.
LAPS. THE DEMOCRAT SAID THIS IS GOING
TO HAPPEN, THE JOINT RESOLUTION
OF TERMINATION.