Pelosi, Schumer reel as Supreme Court sides with Trump on $2.5B border plan
Democrats dub Supreme Court’s border wall ruling ‘regrettable’ and ‘nonsensical’
Democrats reacted with disappointment to Friday’s Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to divert $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds for border wall construction.
The 5-4 ruling, which broke along ideological lines, means President Trump can tap into military funds to begin work to replace fencing along the southern border in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Earlier this month, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco had agreed with a lower-court ruling that prevented the government from tapping that funding.
Trump declared a national emergency along the border to get up to $8.1 billion for wall construction, including the $2.5 billion from the Defense Department. He called the ruling a big win for “Border Security and the Rule of Law.”
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“Wow! Big VICTORY on the Wall. The United States Supreme Court overturns lower court injunction, allows Southern Border Wall to proceed. Big WIN for Border Security and the Rule of Law!” he tweeted.
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