Adriano Espaillat: “Less than 2 weeks ago, after a failed attempt to establish consensus on border security funding, President Trump, a…”

“Less than 2 weeks ago, after a failed attempt to establish consensus on border security funding, President Trump, a self-proclaimed master negotiator, failed to get a border wall that he originally said Mexico will pay for, so then he fraudulently invoked a national emergency declaration to rob taxpayers of funds from other programs. The President's brazen decision not only violates Congress' constitutional powers of the purse laid out in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7, it is also a fabricated emergency propped up by fake statistics, racist undertones, and the blatant hypocrisy of a party that had complete control of Washington for 2 years and didn't see fit to fund this useless, medieval wall themselves. By diverting funds from military projects, the President has determined that national security takes a backseat to his political priorities. Today, in the Senate, the head of the U.S. Northern Command said that border crossers do not pose a military threat. Mr. Speaker, there is no emergency.”