As many as 10 Senate Republicans are considering supporting a resolution that passed the House on Tuesday evening and would terminate President Trump’s border emergency declaration, and efforts by Vice President Mike Pence to sway the hesitant few fell flat on Tuesday evening, Politico reported.
According to GOP sources inside the meeting between Pence and lawmakers who spoke to Politico, Pence was met with resistance from several passionate Republicans who expressed concern about the precedent the move sets. Pence attempted to sell the emergency declaration as an action different from the executive orders that former President Barack Obama enacted on immigration, but not everyone bought it.
“I didn’t think his argument was very good. ‘We’ve got a crisis, that means the President can do this.’ That’s essentially the argument,”one Republican who is undecided on the resolution told Politico.
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) was reportedly particularly vocal about his objection to Trump’s emergency declaration, telling Pence he was concerned Republicans would be “ceding the high ground” if they follow through with it, in Politico’s words. Pence reportedly reiterated his belief that the move was different than DACA.
Read the full Politico report here.
