Romney on Why He Opposed Trump’s National Emergency on Border Crisis: ‘Not Consistent with Constitutional Principles’

‘The emergency declaration was unnecessary’

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BALLASY: "You have a Facebook video talking about the border crisis, calling -- after calling it a crisis how come you voted for the blocking of the national emergency, the president's national emergency?"
ROMNEY: "There's a constitutional approach to providing for border fencing, and I believe we have -- and the president had access to the necessary billions of dollars to be able to provide that -- that fencing, and felt that the emergency declaration was unnecessary and was not consistent with constitutional principles."

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