Trump's emergency statement "will protect" if Congress disapproves, Miller says: NPR

If Congress votes to disapprove Trump 's declaration of national emergency, the president is willing to veto it, White House chief Stephen Miller said Sunday.

The president said that a national emergency was to mobilize up to $ 8 billion for the creation of a barrier on the southern border, more than four times what Congress had approved. The House Democrats have called the Trump Declaration illegal and are considering a joint resolution disapproving of this statement. Miller's comments during an interview with Fox News made it clear that it was unlikely the president would back down.

"If they adopt a resolution of disapproval, will the president veto, which would be the first veto of his presidency?" The Fox News host, Chris Wallace, asked.

"Of course, the president will protect his national emergency declaration," Miller said.

"So, yes, will he veto?" Wallace hurry.

"It will protect its national emergency declaration, it is guaranteed," Miller said.

A resolution of disapproval would let Congress overturn Trump's declaration and would probably be passed by the democratically controlled House of Representatives. But the Senate would face uncertainty, where many Republican lawmakers would be forced to associate with minority Democrats. Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth told ABC This week that she believes the Senate has enough votes for such a resolution.

"I think we do it," she says. "Now, if we have enough for overtaking and vetoing, that's another story, but frankly, I think enough people in the Senate are concerned that what he is stealing from # 39; army and DOD to build this wall. "

If Trump approves the resolution, Congress would need a two-thirds majority in both chambers to replace, which is unlikely, given the current political makeup of the chambers. If Congress was unable to circumvent Trump's veto, Mr. Duckworth stated that the House should take legal action on the basis of the argument that only Congress has the power to ability to allocate funds.

Trump is already facing several legal challenges, including one promised by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, stating that the state will be harmed when it will divert funds for a wall.

Trump may have hurt his own case when he said Friday when he said, "I could do the wall longer, I did not need to do that, but I'd rather do it much faster." As explained by Mara Liasson, NPR National Policy Correspondent, Sunday Weekend EditionTrump's "is really misunderstood in this speech delivered at the Rose Garden" when he said that the emergency was not necessary. "In other words, he does it opportunistically, not out of necessity."

Presidents have invoked emergency powers for decades, but this is the first time an emergency has been used to secure funding for a project that Congress has explicitly refused to find, the New York Times reports.