Miller Can’t Name Example Of Emergency Declaration For Funds Congress Rejected

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White House adviser Stephen Miller on Sunday couldn’t name another instance of the President declaring a state of emergency in order to secure funds Congress had rejected during the appropriations process.

“Can you point to a single instance — even one — where the President asked Congress for money, Congress refused to give him that money, and the President then invoked national emergency powers to get the money?” “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace asked Miller in an interview.

Miller couldn’t. Watch below:

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  1. Avatar for outis outis says:

    The lie machine fails in the heat of the moment. It is such an obvious question that he should have had a talking point at the ready. (Maybe he should have tried something like: “It has happened so many times that I am not going to list all of them.”)

  2. It is never a good sign when this guy is sent out to defend the indefensible. He cannot answer the question of the hour. Please cite an instance when the President declared a national emergency when Congress did not give him what he wanted. Come on Steve can’t you just make something up?

  3. A smarter guy would have said that unprecedented circumstances call for unprecedented responses…

    But then, all the smart people avoid the taint.

  4. Avatar for kiwi kiwi says:

    He’s lost a lot of ‘hair’ since he last arose from the crypt.

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