https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/09/sen...over-border-security-is-a-slippery-slope.html
Sen. Marco Rubio warns Trump a border emergency could embolden a future Dem president on climate change
Published 8:24 AM ET Wed, 9 Jan 2019 Updated 9:59 AM ET Wed, 9 Jan 2019
A national emergency declaration by President Donald Trump over border security could wind up hurting Republicans, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio told CNBC on Wednesday.
The Florida Republican contended that Trump was elected on the promise of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the president has to "keep that promise." But "we have to be careful about endorsing broad uses of executive power," he added. "I'm not prepared to endorse that right now."
Such a declaration would set a precedent, Rubio said. "If today, the national emergency is border security ... tomorrow the national emergency might be climate change." Declaring a national emergency, which would certainly face legal hurdles, could give Trump the ability to use the military to build the wall instead of getting Congress to approve the funding for it.
Sen. Marco Rubio warns Trump a border emergency could embolden a future Dem president on climate change
- A national emergency declaration by President Donald Trump over border security could wind up hurting Republicans, Sen. Marco Rubio says.
- Asked whether he supports Trump's position, which includes the wall, Rubio says, "Anything that makes the border more secure, I'll be in favor of supporting."
Published 8:24 AM ET Wed, 9 Jan 2019 Updated 9:59 AM ET Wed, 9 Jan 2019
A national emergency declaration by President Donald Trump over border security could wind up hurting Republicans, GOP Sen. Marco Rubio told CNBC on Wednesday.
The Florida Republican contended that Trump was elected on the promise of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the president has to "keep that promise." But "we have to be careful about endorsing broad uses of executive power," he added. "I'm not prepared to endorse that right now."
Such a declaration would set a precedent, Rubio said. "If today, the national emergency is border security ... tomorrow the national emergency might be climate change." Declaring a national emergency, which would certainly face legal hurdles, could give Trump the ability to use the military to build the wall instead of getting Congress to approve the funding for it.
