To The Daily Sun,
When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid utilized the “nuclear option” to get his way in the Senate, most reasonable people knew that this would come back to bite the Democrats where the sun don’t shine. And it has. The Republicans laughed; the Democrats claimed it was unfair. And so it goes.
Now President Trump is going to do what no other president in history has done — declare a state of emergency and bypass Congress by taking money from anywhere he can to fulfill on his border wall pledge.
I can’t wait.
This sets yet another ugly precedent in Washington and one must imagine how it will play out. Consider this: a Democratic president in 2021 when another mass shooting occurs. Innocent women and children killed yet again by some maniac with a gun. What does this new president do? Why she declares a state of emergency and implements radical new gun control which includes the confiscation of all semi-automatic rifles. Or, he/she implements a new national health care system by gutting other programs and making the ACA the way it should have been.
This isn’t how our government is supposed to work, but the idiots and power-hungry in Washington want to get their way — no matter the cost. Is this what you want? Because this is exactly what you’re going to get. Be forewarned. You know it. I know it. Nancy Pelosi knows it.
Hold on to your britches. The ride’s to get bumpy.
Alan Vervaeke
Gilford
(3) comments
You are very protective of other people's lives unless they are American citizens. Then when someone gets hurt by one of these that should not even be here, you don't care. Will you be volunteering to go around collecting our guns? Please?
I will.
As always, you miss the point. By a wide margin. I am protective of America period. It isn't a "thing" - it's an idea. A concept. And I served my country to protect everyone here. But there are far FAR more people being hurt by Americans with guns - legal guns. Or the man over the weekend who never should have had a weapon but his local police never bothered to follow-up on confiscating HIS weapon and it is a clear reason why we require a NATIONWIDE database for gun registration. In the meantime, even $5 billion as requested would only build 200 miles of a questionable wall. You hide up here in White Man's Country and compain unendingly about things happening in places far away. You offer nothing - no solutions, no compromises, no ideas. But hey - thats OK - we're used to it. And do not make veiled threats, Alan. You do that a lot.
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