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Pelosi warns GOP: Next president could declare national emergency on guns
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a 'profound mistake' Winners and losers in the border security dealHouse passes border deal, setting up Trump to declare emergencyMORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday issued a warning to Republicans poised to support President TrumpDonald John TrumpBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a 'profound mistake' ACLU says planned national emergency declaration is 'clear abuse of presidential power'O'Rourke says he'd 'absolutely' take down border wall near El Paso if he couldMORE's decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border: the next Democratic president, she said, could do the same on guns.
"A Democratic president can declare emergencies, as well," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "So the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans."
Pelosi noted that Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 students and faculty dead. She argued that the real national emergency is not illegal border crossings, but gun violence in the U.S.
Doug Heye, a Republican strategist and former aide to former House Majority Leader Eric CantorEric Ivan CantorPelosi warns GOP: Next president could declare national emergency on gunsOusted GOP lawmaker David Brat named dean at Liberty University business schoolTrump, GOP seek to shift blame for shutdown to PelosiMORE (R-Va.), sounded a similar warning on Thursday, moments after the White House announcement.
"Make no mistake: the next Democratic President will declare national emergencies on guns and climate change and cite the Trump precedent when doing so," Heye tweeted.
The Senate on Thursday passed the spending package by a vote of 83-16, sending it to the House. The lower chamber is scheduled to vote on the legislation Thursday night.
"Let's talk about today: The one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America," Pelosi said. "That's a national emergency. Why don't you declare that emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would.
"But a Democratic president can do that."
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) also shared a tweet calling several issues championed by Democrats, such as climate change and income inequality, a "national emergency."
Pelosi warns GOP: Next president could declare national emergency on guns
Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy Patricia D'Alesandro PelosiBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a 'profound mistake' Winners and losers in the border security dealHouse passes border deal, setting up Trump to declare emergencyMORE (D-Calif.) on Thursday issued a warning to Republicans poised to support President TrumpDonald John TrumpBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a 'profound mistake' ACLU says planned national emergency declaration is 'clear abuse of presidential power'O'Rourke says he'd 'absolutely' take down border wall near El Paso if he couldMORE's decision to declare a national emergency at the southern border: the next Democratic president, she said, could do the same on guns.
"A Democratic president can declare emergencies, as well," Pelosi told reporters in the Capitol. "So the precedent that the president is setting here is something that should be met with great unease and dismay by the Republicans."
Pelosi noted that Thursday marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 students and faculty dead. She argued that the real national emergency is not illegal border crossings, but gun violence in the U.S.
Doug Heye, a Republican strategist and former aide to former House Majority Leader Eric CantorEric Ivan CantorPelosi warns GOP: Next president could declare national emergency on gunsOusted GOP lawmaker David Brat named dean at Liberty University business schoolTrump, GOP seek to shift blame for shutdown to PelosiMORE (R-Va.), sounded a similar warning on Thursday, moments after the White House announcement.
"Make no mistake: the next Democratic President will declare national emergencies on guns and climate change and cite the Trump precedent when doing so," Heye tweeted.
The Senate on Thursday passed the spending package by a vote of 83-16, sending it to the House. The lower chamber is scheduled to vote on the legislation Thursday night.
"Let's talk about today: The one-year anniversary of another manifestation of the epidemic of gun violence in America," Pelosi said. "That's a national emergency. Why don't you declare that emergency, Mr. President? I wish you would.
"But a Democratic president can do that."
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) also shared a tweet calling several issues championed by Democrats, such as climate change and income inequality, a "national emergency."
Pelosi warns GOP: Next president could declare national emergency on guns
