{"id":1003791,"date":"2019-02-15T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T15:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003791"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:09:28","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:28","slug":"trump-i-didnt-need-to-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-i-didnt-need-to-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: \u2018I Didn\u2019t Need To Do This\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">While announcing a national emergency to build his unnecessary, unwanted and ineffective border wall, Trump admitted that there is no actual emergency &#8212; as if that wasn\u2019t already clear.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump: \u201cI could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn\u2019t need to do this, but I\u2019d rather do it much faster.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1096447639724400640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1096447639724400640&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250709000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFtJgEzy0rMyyAHWBTGgjSkTW8Kyg\">WATCH HERE<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1096447639724400640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/dncpress\/status\/1096447639724400640&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250709000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFtJgEzy0rMyyAHWBTGgjSkTW8Kyg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"CToWUd\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/lIeI7LbLPDOCKmu-FKTDn5VCcQaVUyfQ2ftHC9GhOHax-Pt8rDTUkoyo_4KDWkE70sl7-lv-sINdHg-8wtNFMbNDJkmSNQTczQr1YuAcmZL_rLFYfLHVmPI74IXZy-3yccnk2O7P\" width=\"507\" height=\"287\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While announcing a national emergency to build his unnecessary, unwanted and ineffective border wall, Trump admitted that there is no actual emergency &#8212; as if that wasn\u2019t already clear. &nbsp; Trump: \u201cI could do the wall over a longer period of time. I didn\u2019t need to do this, but I\u2019d rather do it much faster.\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Trump: \u2018I Didn\u2019t Need To Do This\u2019 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-i-didnt-need-to-do-this\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-15T15:47:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:09:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/lIeI7LbLPDOCKmu-FKTDn5VCcQaVUyfQ2ftHC9GhOHax-Pt8rDTUkoyo_4KDWkE70sl7-lv-sINdHg-8wtNFMbNDJkmSNQTczQr1YuAcmZL_rLFYfLHVmPI74IXZy-3yccnk2O7P\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-i-didnt-need-to-do-this\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trump-i-didnt-need-to-do-this\/\",\"name\":\"Trump: \u2018I Didn\u2019t Need To Do This\u2019 - 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