More Crunchy Goodness

1/ Every one of you "conservatives" gushing about the abuse of emergency powers owns it when a Democratic President declares a national emergency on Day 1.

Whether it's on guns or abortion or climate or LGBT issues, you just remember, you wanted this to be how things go.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

2/ That's just the political side, but you'll own it. You wanted a national emergency for a totally made-up crisis, and so you'll get more.

No tool goes unused in politics.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

3/ This declaration is social engineering to make the lumpentariat of Trump supporters feel good about how he's going to Stop The Brown Tide and for short-term political spank-bank material for Sean Hannity and his imitators.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

4/ *Conservatives* used to be cautious about executive overreach, at least on paper.

Now, they're cheering for a false flag emergency that will have long-running knock-on effects in the hands of the other team.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

5/ "Conservatives" now want to make the budget process of appropriations *enshrined in the Constitution* subject to Presidential whim alone.

From “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law" to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

6/ So when some future Republican Congress passes a spending bill they REALLY love, and a Democratic President says, "Nope. Emergency. Taking the money for the Dr. Atheist Von Clinton Celebrity Abortion Center and Vegan Advocacy Farm kthnxbye" y'all can just sit the eff down.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

7/ "But it's difffffferent," the writers of Serious Conservative Outlets like Gentry Breitbart will say, bending like willows in a strong wind. "This justifies blowing up one more norm, one more standard, one more Constitutional safeguard. We have to stop the Caraaaaavan!"

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

8/ As a conservative, I'm not a *fan* of almost *any* of the long-running emergency declarations. I find them signs of abdication of responsibility on the part of both the exec and legislative branches.

Some, perfectly legit, but all should be bounded in time.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

11/ So endeth the lesson.

For now.

— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 14, 2019

This time it's not all about the Benjamins, but the "base"; and the primaries.

I stand by my prediction:  this is the hill Trump's presidency dies on, and with him will go the GOP.

And:  sure, why not?

NATIONAL EMERGENCY! Everyone gets Medicare and vaccinations are mandatory.

— Brian Cummings (@B_inShortsville) February 14, 2019

As I was saying:

 

Trump is doubling down on a losing hand https://t.co/370b8xrG4L

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 14, 2019