Democrats vow to fight Trump if he orders DOD to build border wall

By Tony Bertuca / January 7, 2019 at 4:30 PM
Democrats have spent days pushing back against President Trump's claim that he can order the military to use emergency funds to build a wall along the southern border, the debate over which has driven the federal government into a partial 17-day shutdown. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) has been one of the leading voices opposing Trump's assertion, though he told ABC News on Sunday the president could declare an emergency to build the wall. "Unfortunately, the...

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