Trump VS Democrats, National Emergency At The Mexican Border
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🗓️ 8 January 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Trump CAN Bypass Congress With National Emergency Powers To Build The Wall. In a press conference a few days ago President Donald Trump stated he considered declaring a national emergency to build the wall on the southern border with mexico.
He later announced plans to address the nation on issues of national security citing a humanitarian and security crisis at the border.
According to NBC News Trump can bypass Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and the rest of the Democrats to build the wall with emergency powers and using funds from the department of defense.
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| 0:00.0 | A few days ago at a press conference, a reporter asked President Trump, |
| 0:03.5 | if he'd consider using emergency powers to bypass Congress and build the wall, |
| 0:07.8 | his response, I have, and I can do it if I want. |
| 0:11.1 | He later said he would address the nation on the issue of immigration and the humanitarian |
| 0:15.5 | and national security crisis at our southern border. Critics called on news networks not to air |
| 0:20.6 | this message because Donald Trump is a liar, but then later said that Democrats should be given |
| 0:25.5 | time to respond. Journalists said they should simply fact check Donald Trump. |
| 0:29.7 | The reality is whether or not there's a national security on our southern border is entirely |
| 0:33.5 | an opinion and it's up to Donald Trump whether he wants to declare this. We know that there are drug |
| 0:37.9 | smugglers, human traffickers, and gangs coming through this southern border. The left says it's |
| 0:42.3 | not really that big of a deal because the numbers are small, but the right says, hey, this actually |
| 0:46.4 | is a crisis. In the past, Democrats have actually supported a border barrier, but it seems like their |
| 0:51.6 | position may have changed. So today, let's take a look at the issue of national security powers, |
| 0:56.2 | how the Democrats have changed their opinions, and whether or not a border barrier will actually work. |
| 1:01.3 | But before we get started, please head over to TimCast.com for its last donate. If you'd like to |
| 1:05.9 | support my work, there's a monthly donation option, I accept cryptocurrency, I have a physical |
| 1:10.0 | address, and there's even a shop where you can buy clothing I've designed myself. Following the press |
| 1:14.4 | conference with Trump, NBC News ran this story fact check. What is a national emergency and can Trump |
| 1:20.4 | declare one to get his wall? Legal expert said it wouldn't be as simple as Trump seemed to suggest |
| 1:24.9 | on Friday, but maybe not totally out of the realm of possibility. Two weeks into a partial |
| 1:29.5 | government shutdown, triggered by an impasse over the money President Donald Trump demanded for |
| 1:33.2 | his promised border wall, Trump said he could declare a state of emergency and build his wall without |
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