Even though there’s not a day that goes by where we don’t hear of a tragedy caused by our broken immigration system and the lack of security at our Southern border, the Senate has voted to block President Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a much-needed wall.
The Senate passed on a resolution Thursday, 59-41, that would end President Donald Trump’s national emergency. The vote featured strong Democrat support for the bill and a surprising amount of Republicans voting for it. The House passed its version of the resolution in February with the help of 13 Republicans.
Several Senate Republicans voted against President Trump’s national emergency.
Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Mike Lee (R-UT), Rand Paul (R-KY), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Rob Portman (R-OH), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) voted in favor of eliminating Trump’s national emergency, which would make it harder to secure America’s southern border.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), who previously signaled he would vote to end the emergency, said he will back Trump’s emergency after Trump said he will work with Republicans on a president’s national emergency authority. Tillis is up for re-election in 2020.
Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Mike Braun (R-IN), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Joni Ernst (R-IA), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) voted in favor of the national emergency.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted against the national emergency.
Many Senate Republicans have stood by the president and have said Trump is right to take action to secure the southern border.
Sen. Graham said in a statement on Thursday, “I voted with President Trump and rejected Nancy Pelosi’s motion of disapproval regarding the emergency declaration to build a barrier on the southern border.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) said ahead of the vote that she will vote to keep Trump’s national emergency, stating:
Since Congress gave emergency powers to the executive branch in 1976 under the National Emergencies Act, presidents from both political parties have declared national emergencies in the United States over situations far less dire than the security and humanitarian crisis that is currently plaguing the southern border. The president and Congress must take swift action to secure our border, protect our citizens, and defend our sovereignty. I support President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency, and I reject the resolution of disapproval.
Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) told Breitbart News recently that, despite some media reports, there remains a “five-alarm crisis” at the southern border.
“There’s a five-alarm crisis going on down there. It’s not just the human traffic; it’s the drug traffic,” Perdue said in a statement to Breitbart News. “This is not just about building the wall; it’s about closing the loopholes and getting border patrol agents the resources they need.”
Upon the vote, the President immediately tweeted:
VETO!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
I look forward to VETOING the just passed Democrat inspired Resolution which would OPEN BORDERS while increasing Crime, Drugs, and Trafficking in our Country. I thank all of the Strong Republicans who voted to support Border Security and our desperately needed WALL!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 14, 2019
Source: Breitbart
God help us!!
Looking forward to your Veto President Trump
All the no’s must be democrats, don’t know any Better!!!!
President Trump was elected to protect all of us Republicans and Democrats
so I say do your Job President Trump.
Let the chips fall where they may.God Bless The TRUMP FAMILY.
Marvin Williams
P.S: I will vote for President for another 4 years .
We will remember the republicans who voted against the wall..especially next time they come up for re-election…
This reply is for ALL the COWARDLY Republicans who voted with the DEMON-cRATs , and AGAINST. PRESIDEBT TRUMP!!!! Obviously, you’re “sympathy feelings” are FOR the ILLEGAL INVADERS and AGAINST American citizens, who, by the way , pay your salarjes. TO WORK FOR THEM, NOT ILLEGALS!!!! I hope when election time comes around for you COWARDS, that voters will remember your faces and names, and VOTE ALL OF YOU OUT OF OFFICE!!!! I’m from the state of OHIO, so I will say this to Sen. Rob Portman of OHIO:: NEVER again will I cast a vote for you, for ANY ,job……..you are a TRAITOR to OHIO voters, and ALL voters, by not backing the President on the issue of the CRISIS on our Southern border!!!!!! SHAME ON ALL OF YOU!!!! NONE of you are “FIT” to sit in Congress!!!! I hope President Trump VETOES your SHAMELESS ACT!!!!
TRUMP 2020……..TRUMP 2020…………TRUMP 2020………..TRU.P 2020………. TRUMP 2020………YEAH!!!!!!
Call it what you like! This country elected President Trump not because they liked him but because he represented a change to someone who could drain the damn swamp, get rid of the deep state, and restore the constitution. Something politicians have long forgotten about. WE ARE TIRED of the double standards that are running rampant!