John Harwood: GOP Is Allowing Trump to Declare Nat’l Emergency to ‘Manage the Situation’

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HARWOOD: “Mitch McConnell was on the record saying it was a bad idea. Look, I think from a Republican point of view, they are trying to manage this president, and it was sort of sad to see Mitch McConnell go to the floor like that and embrace a declaration that he criticized before it hand. But I think he came to the conclusion that was the only way he could prevent the president of the United States from driving the government toward another shutdown he might not be able to prevent with a veto override. I think Republicans are trying to manage the situation. I talked to a couple of Republican members of Congress over the weekend, and one of them said look, it's going to be struck down by the courts, we all know that. Let's just move on. So I think they're not willing to protect the separation of powers in this instance because the price of that -- standing up ahead of time and challenging the president might be a situation that would be even worse from their perspective.”