Will Hurd: If Trump Had Called Border a ‘National Crisis,’ It Would Have Been a ‘Gross Abuse of Power’

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HURD: "Well, if this is a crisis, the person — the people that are dealing with this crisis should get paid. I was just on the border, I was in a town in Del Rio talking to a number of members of Border Patrol. They were concerned about having to work without getting paid. I was going to the airport in San Antonio. TSA officials are worried about getting paid. I think in your earlier segment, you talked about how important our airports are in defending our nation. So I think tonight, we didn’t see anything new that we haven’t already seen. And unfortunately, I don’t think either side put forward any initiatives that are going to move the ball forward. There was a bright spot, though. He didn’t — the president did not announce that he was going to call a national crisis or this was a national crisis. Because had he done that, it would have been a gross abuse of power."