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Reminder: @realDonaldTrump LOST this case on the merits & will likely lose again on appeal. That’s because he used a #FakeEmergency to overturn Congress’s spending decision on the #BorderWall.
Congress DENIED @realDonaldTrump the billions of tax dollars he wanted for the #BorderWall, so he declared a #FakeEmergency to get what he wanted. Congress rejected the wall TWICE via termination votes.
.@realDonaldTrump has no respect for the Constitution & the powers it gives to Congress. That’s apparent in his attempt to steal Congress’s spending powers as well as its #WarPowers. The president is #NotAboveTheLaw.
Welcome to MoCTrack for January 5, 2020.
This is our 2019 year in review for all of the tidbits you need about last year’s legislative action. Congress is heading back to DC this week, so now is the time to see how they did last year!
#MoCTrack 1/27
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This is our 2019 year in review for all of the tidbits you need about last year’s legislative action. Congress is heading back to DC this week, so now is the time to see how they did last year!
#MoCTrack 1/27
demcastusa.com/2020/01/05/pen…
The great folks at @538Politics provide our Trump Tracker numbers, showing how often each MoCs vote with #IMPOTUS.
We took all those 2019 numbers and show you each lawmaker’s high and low point, as well as their 2019 average.
#MoCTrack 2/27
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We took all those 2019 numbers and show you each lawmaker’s high and low point, as well as their 2019 average.
#MoCTrack 2/27
bit.ly/2QP6H8v
@538politics First up a rundown of 2019 in legislation, by the numbers.
#MoCTrack 3/27
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#MoCTrack 3/27
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This is about so much more than Trump’s wall
It’s about the Constitutional limits of executive power; a showdown over who controls our government; whether Republicans will stand up for themselves or meekly follow Trump; and a struggle for who we want to be
#TrumpVeto
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It’s about the Constitutional limits of executive power; a showdown over who controls our government; whether Republicans will stand up for themselves or meekly follow Trump; and a struggle for who we want to be
#TrumpVeto
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We all know the predicate
Trump declares a national emergency because we have a “humanitarian crisis” at our southern border
He claims we need a wall to stop undocumented immigrants, illegal drugs and human trafficking
We also know this is a lie
#FakeNationalEmergency
Trump declares a national emergency because we have a “humanitarian crisis” at our southern border
He claims we need a wall to stop undocumented immigrants, illegal drugs and human trafficking
We also know this is a lie
#FakeNationalEmergency
Border crossings are at historic lows
Most drugs come in through legal ports
People coming here are mainly families, not criminals
And a wall won’t solve these problems
But WOULD mark intolerance for immigrants consistent with Trump’s racist comments that Mexicans are rapists
Most drugs come in through legal ports
People coming here are mainly families, not criminals
And a wall won’t solve these problems
But WOULD mark intolerance for immigrants consistent with Trump’s racist comments that Mexicans are rapists
The House and Senate resoundingly rejected @realDonaldTrump’s lawless power grab, yet the President has chosen to continue to defy the Constitution, the Congress & the will of the American people. #FakeEmergency
On March 26, the House will once again act to protect our Constitution and our democracy from the President’s emergency declaration by holding a vote to override his veto. #FakeEmergency
House Republicans will have to choose between their partisan hypocrisy and their sacred oath to support and defend the Constitution. #FakeEmergency
Today's vote is about nothing less than our loyalty, as Members of Congress to the Constitution. rollcall.com/news/democrats…
Understand: none of us here take an oath to a party, or to a President. We take an oath to a Constitution. Which, among other things says that Congress has the power of the purse.
The President's #FakeEmergency serves no purpose than taking money that Congress allocated for one purpose and redirecting it to another. That is not his right.
Now that we have a #FakeTrumpEmergency on our hands, what do WE CITIZENS do to thwart #KingTrump? Do we March? Do we storm the Bastille? Do we bug out for Canada? For Mars?
--a compilation thread of stuff I've blathered hither & thither
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--a compilation thread of stuff I've blathered hither & thither
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So, first, what's likely to happen now that he's declared his #FakeTrumpEmergency, wrt to actions in Congress. Our immediate actions:
LOTS OF CALLING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
LOTS
REPEATEDLY
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LOTS OF CALLING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
LOTS
REPEATEDLY
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Here's @IndivisibleTeam's guide to what happened, exactly (including what's in the bill) & what you can do. Includes script to use when calling your Electeds. Which you should be doing NOW.
Text MOBILIZE to 977-79 for updates.
#FAKENationalEmergency
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Text MOBILIZE to 977-79 for updates.
#FAKENationalEmergency
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