Editorial boards across the country and America’s southwest border have spoken – Trump’s call of a national emergency not only “didn’t need to” happen but they know it’s a fake emergency:
- Houston Chronicle Editorial (TEXAS):
American presidents have repeatedly called national emergencies to protect democracy.
Donald Trump may become the first to do it to undermine democracy — on our very own soil. - Santa Fe New Mexican Editorial (NEW MEXICO):
Trump’s attempt to seize billions to build a wall that Congress has refused to pay for is an abuse of power, an attempt to take authority from Congress and invest it in an increasingly imperial presidency.
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There is no “invasion” of the United States, despite Trump’s claims. There is no national emergency. - Arizona Daily Star Editorial (ARIZONA):
Trump’s declaration of an emergency sets a dangerous precedent for the country, and it speaks to the hollowness of his agenda.
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Responding to these emergencies is far more important to our national safety than Trump’s wall could ever be. - San Diego Tribune Editorial (CALIFORNIA):
Trump’s assertion Friday that we are seeing “an invasion of our country with drugs, with human traffickers, with all types of criminals and gangs” is delusional.
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the courts…must push back on the illicit power grab that Trump is using his declaration to justify…
ADDITIONAL REACTION
- The Wall Street Journal Editorial: Trump’s Political Emergency
- The Washington Post Editorial: Trump’s presidency enters a new imperial phase — and Mitch McConnell just rolls over
- USA Today Editorial: Trump emergency sets precedent Republicans will regret
- The New York Times Editorial: A Trump-Made Emergency
- Bloomberg Editorial: Trump’s ‘National Emergency’ Is a Dangerous Fraud
- St. Louis Dispatch Editorial: The true ’emergency’ is Trump’s attempt to dodge the Constitution. If he succeeds, others will follow.
- Star Tribune Editorial: Trump created his own emergency
- Masslive.com Editorial: Trump’s ‘emergency’ is nation’s nightmare
- Salt Lake Tribune Editorial: There is no crisis at the border
- Tuscaloosa Editorial: Emergency declaration is overreach
- Richmond Times Dispatch Editorial: Invoking emergency powers is no way to build a wall
- WRAL.com Editorial: N.C. members of Congress – Protect the Constitution, not Trump’s trophy wall
- Sentinel Colorado Editorial: America’s ‘national emergency’ is Trump’s dictatorial perversion of the law
- The Inquirer Editorial: Trump declares national emergency over a nonexistent crisis. Here’s 4 emergencies we actually face
- Tampa Bay Times Editorial: Border wall is no emergency
- The Press Democrat Editorial: Trump’s ‘emergency’ sets a dangerous precedent
- Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: America’s real national emergency: Mass shootings
- The Boston Globe Editorial: Trump’s ‘emergency’ sets a dangerous precedent
- Chicago Tribune Editorial: Trump blurs the meaning of ‘national emergency’
- The Charleston Gazette-Mail Editorial: Border wall funding not a national emergency
- PBS: Trump’s national emergency declaration unpopular among majority of Americans
- The Washington Times: Majority of voters not siding with Trump in emergency declaration controversy, poll shows
- Newsweek: Support for Donald Trump’s national emergency is even less than his job approval rating, poll indicates
- NPR: Poll: 6-In-10 Disapprove Of Trump’s Declaration Of A National Emergency
- Washington Post: The public sees through Trump’s national emergency lies. A new poll confirms it.
- The Hill: Majority disapproves of Trump’s national emergency declaration, NPR poll shows