Trump will lie to Americans during speech: Democratic lawmaker
Jerrold Nadler, a Democratic lawmaker who leads the Judiciary Committee in the United States House of Representatives, has said that President Donald Trump will lie in an address later today.
Trump is expected "to lie to the American people" during the primetime address on Tuesday about the partial government shutdown and situation at the southern border, Nadler said at a press conference near the border on Monday as quoted by The Hill.
“I expect the president to lie to the American people. Why do I expect this? Because he has been lying to the American people," he noted.
Nadler was joined by other congressional Democrats, including Rep. Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas), whose twin brother, Julián, is mulling a presidential bid.
Nadler argued the White House has consistently used inaccurate statistics to bolster its claims about the existence of a crisis at the border.
"The only emergency at the border is a humanitarian emergency," Nadler was quoted as saying.
Nadler said he opposed the prospect of Trump declaring a national emergency to direct the construction of his desired wall along the US-Mexico border.
Democrats are fiercely opposed to the construction of the "Trump wall", seeking court action to support them. Trump might declare a national emergency to push the construction of the border wall.
"The courts should not permit it," he argued. "I do not believe the courts will permit it, and we would certainly oppose any attempt by the president to make himself a king, a tyrant, by saying he can appropriate money without Congress."
Trump has shut down the government in his push for more than $5 billion to build the wall along the US-Mexico border.
Trump says the government shutdown, which has lasted 17 days so far, could last years.
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