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Xavier Becerra: And to say that is an emergency and then within 24 hours of having said it, go off to Florida to your Mar-a-Lago resort…

On the recordJanuary 1, 2019
And to say that is an emergency and then within 24 hours of having said it, go off to Florida to your Mar-a-Lago resort, when you think there is a national emergency. I think all the evidence, including what Donald Trump says and does, proves this is no national emergency.
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Xavier Becerra
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Criticism of Trump's handling of the border crisis and his definition of a national emergency.

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