Veto Overturn Likely To Fail In House As Most Republicans Stay Loyal To Trump

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in the State Dining Room at the White House March 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump talked a... WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 04: U.S. President Donald Trump addresses a meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in the State Dining Room at the White House March 04, 2019 in Washington, DC. Trump talked about progress made by his administration in fighting crime and drug trafficking and securing the southern border with Mexico. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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The overturn of President Donald Trump’s first veto is likely to fail in the House Tuesday, as too few Republicans defect on the national emergency to help Democrats overcome the vote threshold.

According to a Tuesday Politico report, the matter will likely now be tossed to the courts.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is reportedly trying to paint the vote as a choice of loyalty to Trump above constitutional duty, and may bring it back to the floor every six months to force Republicans to show their obsequiousness to the President.

Yet, as Politico points out, Trump will definitely count the failed vote as another victory in a week of highs for the President.

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  1. Have the vote and whether the veto is overridden or not, the Dems gain something. I don’t expect an override, but every Republican who stays with Trump will have that albatross around their neck in the next election.

    A few quotes from the Battle of Bunker Hill
    “A few such victories would ruin the Army” -A British Colonel as he was dying.
    “I wish we could sell them another hill at the same price.” -General Nathanael Green, Continental Army

    At some point, the cost of defending Trump will have to outweigh any possible benefit, right?

  2. The huge sucking sound from the Repub Congress is almost deafening.
    Donnie you are the man. Sucking up to Putin and Kim and getting nothing in return, you are fabulous .
    We all love you.

  3. As Rick Wilson put it - "The Shart of the Deal.’

  4. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is reportedly trying to paint the vote as a choice of loyalty to Trump above constitutional duty, and may bring it back to the floor every six months to force Republicans to show their obsequiousness to the President.

    I see that Speaker Pelosi is desperately clinging to the Myth of the Honorable Republican’t. Has she really not been paying attention for the past 40 years?

    The again, why bother having the vote at all? I mean, it’s not like she has the votes to override. And the standard, I guess, is that any Democrat who can’t count to 2/3 shouldn’t be elected, amirite?

  5. Maybe this (from the linked Politico article) provides some insight?

    But even as some members of the GOP face a backlash for defying Trump, few if any House Republican defectors who supported the disapproval resolution are expected to flip their votes and side with the president in the override vote, according to lawmakers and aides.

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