{"id":1003869,"date":"2019-03-01T13:06:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T17:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003869"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:08:35","slug":"republicans-tell-trump-to-back-down-from-his-fake-national-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-tell-trump-to-back-down-from-his-fake-national-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Tell Trump To Back Down From His Fake National Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opposition to Trump\u2019s fake national emergency continues to grow, even among members of \u00a0his own party.<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s declaration is on the brink of defeat, and Republicans are now pressuring him to back down.<\/p>\n

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Politico<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans pressure Trump to back down on border emergency\u201d<\/p>\n

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Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cGOP opposition to emergency declaration grows as Trump warns lawmakers\u201d<\/p>\n

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Associated Press<\/a>: \u201cOpponents of Trump border emergency close to votes needed\u201d<\/p>\n

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CNN<\/a>: \u201cRepublican senator implores Trump to pull back national emergency as GOP braces for a tough vote\u201d<\/p>\n

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Axios<\/a>: \u201cSenior GOP senator warns Trump of rebellion on national emergency vote\u201d<\/p>\n

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Trump knows his national emergency declaration is nothing more than a political stunt and is so worried about a rebuke from his own party that he\u2019s taken to threatening Republicans who go against him.<\/p>\n

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Trump<\/a>: \u201cI really think that Republicans that vote against border security and the wall, I think you know, I\u2019ve been okay at predicting things, I think they put themselves at great jeopardy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opposition to Trump\u2019s fake national emergency continues to grow, even among members of \u00a0his own party.   Trump\u2019s declaration is on the brink of defeat, and Republicans are now pressuring him to back down.   Politico: \u201cRepublicans pressure Trump to back down on border emergency\u201d   Washington Post: \u201cGOP opposition to emergency declaration grows as […]<\/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-1003869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRepublicans Tell Trump To Back Down From His Fake National Emergency - 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\/republicans-tell-trump-to-back-down-from-his-fake-national-emergency\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-03-01T17:06:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:08:35+00:00\" \/>\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\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-tell-trump-to-back-down-from-his-fake-national-emergency\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/republicans-tell-trump-to-back-down-from-his-fake-national-emergency\/\",\"name\":\"Republicans Tell Trump To Back Down From His Fake National Emergency - 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