{"id":392577,"date":"2019-01-12T15:26:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/its-the-easy-way-out\/"},"modified":"2019-01-12T15:26:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T14:26:05","slug":"its-the-easy-way-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/its-the-easy-way-out\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s the Easy Way Out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2019\/01\/11\/donald-trump-pumps-the-brakes-on-declaring-state-of-emergency-its-the-easy-way-out\/\"><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 12, 2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>President Donald Trump said Friday he is not looking to declare a State of Emergency to fund the wall, despite restating his right to do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we are not looking to do right now is \u2018national emergency.\u2019 In many ways it\u2019s the easy way out,\u201d he told reporters at a roundtable with law enforcement at the White House.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZphTeLfPYc8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The president repeated that he had a right to declare a national emergency at the Southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe easiest solution is for me to call is a national emergency, I could do it very quickly,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I\u2019m not going to do so fast because this is something Congress should do we are waiting for the Democrats to vote.\u201d<br \/>Trump made his comments as many Congressional Democrats left town for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. 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