{"id":1003793,"date":"2019-02-19T10:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T14:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003793"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:09:27","slug":"new-poll-vast-majority-of-americans-know-there-is-no-national-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-poll-vast-majority-of-americans-know-there-is-no-national-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"NEW POLL: Vast Majority Of Americans Know There Is No National Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A vast majority of Americans know there is no national emergency at the border. Trump himself said, \u201cI didn\u2019t need to do this.\u201d Now, the attorneys general of 16 states and counting are holding Trump accountable for his fake national emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A majority of Americans know there is no national emergency and disapprove of Trump\u2019s declaration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/19\/695720851\/poll-6-in-10-disapprove-of-trumps-declaration-of-a-national-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/19\/695720851\/poll-6-in-10-disapprove-of-trumps-declaration-of-a-national-emergency&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250176000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4i4l4giw41JFUJrPZFtoD1lM83w\">More than 60%<\/a> of Americans, including 63% of independents, disapprove of Trump\u2019s national emergency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/19\/695720851\/poll-6-in-10-disapprove-of-trumps-declaration-of-a-national-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/19\/695720851\/poll-6-in-10-disapprove-of-trumps-declaration-of-a-national-emergency&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250176000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4i4l4giw41JFUJrPZFtoD1lM83w\">58%<\/a> of Americans don\u2019t think there is a national emergency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/19\/695720851\/poll-6-in-10-disapprove-of-trumps-declaration-of-a-national-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/02\/19\/695720851\/poll-6-in-10-disapprove-of-trumps-declaration-of-a-national-emergency&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250176000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4i4l4giw41JFUJrPZFtoD1lM83w\">57%<\/a> of Americans think Trump is misusing his presidential powers by declaring a national emergency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Now, the attorneys general of 16 states and counting are holding Trump accountable for his fake national emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/coalition-of-states-sues-trump-over-national-emergency-to-build-border-wall\/2019\/02\/18\/9da8019c-33a8-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?utm_term=.8165c2e642ef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/health-science\/coalition-of-states-sues-trump-over-national-emergency-to-build-border-wall\/2019\/02\/18\/9da8019c-33a8-11e9-854a-7a14d7fec96a_story.html?utm_term%3D.8165c2e642ef&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250176000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGq1k7UtjSLgVVv8OZDIPkXGO0sBA\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cA coalition of 16 states filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block President Trump\u2019s plan to build a border wall without permission from Congress, arguing that the president\u2019s decision to declare a national emergency is unconstitutional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democratic-lawmakers-vow-fight-trump-s-emergency-declaration-n972091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/democratic-lawmakers-vow-fight-trump-s-emergency-declaration-n972091&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250176000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFXF43jCs0MMnx0-nDVEWZlJbeyTA\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cDemocratic leaders said Friday that they would use \u2018every remedy available\u2019 to challenge President Donald Trump&#8217;s declaration of a national emergency in an effort to circumvent Congress and fund his wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump is not even bothering to maintain his charade, and golfed three days in a row after declaring a fake national emergency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/trump-golfs-third-day-in-a-row-since-declaring-national-emergency-on-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/trump-golfs-third-day-in-a-row-since-declaring-national-emergency-on-border&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1550848250176000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGz9c0ffpWAoO25O7a7TFZcKkN5zA\">Washington Examiner<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump kicked off Presidents Day at his private golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., Monday morning, hitting the greens for the third day in a row since declaring a national emergency at the southern border.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vast majority of Americans know there is no national emergency at the border. Trump himself said, \u201cI didn\u2019t need to do this.\u201d Now, the attorneys general of 16 states and counting are holding Trump accountable for his fake national emergency. &nbsp; A majority of Americans know there is no national emergency and disapprove of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEW POLL: Vast Majority Of Americans Know There Is No National Emergency - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-poll-vast-majority-of-americans-know-there-is-no-national-emergency\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-02-19T14:45:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:09:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-poll-vast-majority-of-americans-know-there-is-no-national-emergency\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/new-poll-vast-majority-of-americans-know-there-is-no-national-emergency\/\",\"name\":\"NEW POLL: Vast Majority Of Americans Know There Is No National Emergency - 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