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Donald Trump Vetoes Attempt to Block his Declaration of a National Emergency

posted by martyb on Sunday March 17 2019, @07:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the at-least-the-House-and-Senate-agreed-on-something dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

breitbart.com/politics/2019/03/15/donald-trump-vetoes-attempt-to-block-national-emergency

President Donald Trump vetoed a bill designed to block his emergency declaration at the Southern Border on Friday, in a ceremony at the White House.

“Today, I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump said. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution and I have the duty to veto it. And I’m very proud to veto it.”

Also at CBS News, CNBC, and USA Today.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 17 2019, @09:27PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 17 2019, @09:27PM (#816102)

    A physical barrier is imperfect, but serves a similar propose as the locks on your home: deterrence.

    False analogy. Houses have ceilings and floors, and are much smaller than the southern border. Thus, tunneling under them or climbing over them with ladders would be ineffective, unlike with a giant wall in the middle of nowhere.

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  • (Score: 2) by EEMac on Sunday March 17 2019, @09:32PM (1 child)

    by EEMac (6423) on Sunday March 17 2019, @09:32PM (#816106)

    Walls worked for Israel [politifact.com], China [reddit.com], Hungary [breitbart.com] . . .

    • (Score: 2) by arslan on Monday March 18 2019, @05:55AM

      by arslan (3462) on Monday March 18 2019, @05:55AM (#816276)

      There's also a big "wall" between North & South Korea... sure it is primarily a piece of land with fences on both sides, but it is what's inside that counts =)

      When I saw Trump propose this in his election campaign, I though he was gonna spin this into a win-win... you know maybe build a golf course on top or at least a driving range - get part of the cover fee to employ those waiting to be processed to go collect golf balls or something. Do some tourism murica campaign to Asia about this new radical golfing joint - get all those govie and charity sponsored "workshops" & "offsite team building" events there. Win, win for everyone.