President Trump officially declared a state of emergency as a method to free up billions of dollars for funding a wall on the Mexican-American border. The fight over a border wall has defined the Trump presidency. Since December, the tension regarding the situation has ramped up as Trump took on…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: Trump’s national emergency is symbolic but sets a dangerous precedent
On Feb. 15, 2019, President Donald Trump declared a state of emergency in the United States to further his agenda for the border wall. On Feb. 28, President Trump confirmed that should Congress pass the resolution voiding his declaration of a national emergency, he would veto the resolution. In order…
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2 Takes, 1 Issue: The national emergency is a godd*mned joke
Coming off the heels of a devastating government shutdown that we’ve somehow all already forgotten about, the president’s declaration of a national emergency Feb. 15 was not only a nakedly obvious attempt to distract his base from his own pathetic loss in that gamble – in which he actually impeded…
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