U.S. Presidential Oath of Office: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."

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↓12/18/20 video commentary and analysis segment. No affiliation:

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(Source for post's title quotation (link): https://www.usa.gov/inauguration#)

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↓↓"...And a Merry Donald Trump-coronavirus disaster Christmas season...":

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12/24/20 video report (link): "Trump seen golfing after vowing to 'work tirelessly'"

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I hope people in other countries weren't watching .. (Updated)

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"That debate was a disgrace." @jaketapper

"It was a shit show." @DanaBashCNN

They are absolutely right, and there's simply no other way to say it. #debates

— S.E. Cupp (@secupp) September 30, 2020

9/29/20 commentary article link: 

"Trump’s baffling debate strategy was to tweet out loud for 90 minutes"

Brief excerpt:

"...[Trump's] approach was the approach he takes on Twitter: lifting up various unfounded allegations, shouting at everyone for hours on end, celebrating obscure memes and jokes. Biden found himself debating @realdonaldtrump and not the president of the United States.

It was an odd gambit for Trump. Sure, it meant that he flooded out Biden’s own attacks or Biden’s presentation of his policy ideas. (Trump, famously, has offered little in the way of a second-term agenda.) The Atlantic’s Derek Thompson noted that it was the human equivalent of a distributed denial-of-service attack, a hostile effort in which a website is flooded with so much garbage traffic that good requests can’t get through. Few rational debate topics survived Trump’s tsunami."

 

↓9/29/20 copy:

Chris Wallace is embarrassing, and trying to pretend that the problem isn’t 100% Trump.

— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) September 30, 2020

200,000 Americans die as Donald Trump lies

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8/12/20 news analysis article link: "The True Coronavirus Toll in the U.S. Has Already Surpassed 200,000"

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9/10/20 news article link: "Trump admitted to Woodward he downplayed coronavirus threat in early days of outbreak"

9/21/20 news story link: "Biden marks grim coronavirus milestone, says ‘Trump panicked’ on pandemic"

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(Excerpted article quotation:) "The irony is that the person who will defund the police is Donald Trump."

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Reposted 8/10/20 source story link: "No federal relief leaves states, cities facing big deficits"

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Trump hijacks church, bible as props as he threatens the American people with their own military: Reposted video commentary, 6/1/20. (Updated)

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted. Blogger note: For now, current circumstances obligate reactivation of this tiny blog...)



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Related 6/1/20 news article link: "Pentagon officials express concern as Trump threatens to use military to 'dominate' protestors"

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Photos below: ...Yes: It's the same person (in all)

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(At least) 100,000 USA dead. Temporarily reposted video message

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(Off-site article links:)

"True Coronavirus Death Toll Is Likely To Be Higher Than The Recorded Numbers"


"Coronavirus death toll may be undercounted by thousands in Pennsylvania and New Jersey"

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"Coronavirus live updates: US hits 100,000 deaths from coronavirus as states continue to cautiously reopen"

(Reposted) Trump + the coronavirus outbreak. Pretty much all that you need to know: "U.S. intelligence agencies issued warnings about the novel coronavirus in more than a dozen classified briefings prepared for President Trump in January and February, months during which he continued to play down the threat..."

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted.)

4/27/20 news analysis source article, including for the excerpt above. (Link, subscription may be required:)

"President’s intelligence briefing book repeatedly cited virus threat"

Also, another analysis article discussing the one above:

"Trump reportedly ignored intel briefings on coronavirus threat"

Background: 2/9/18 story link:

"...Trump skips president’s written intelligence report and relies on oral briefings"

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(Source link. No affiliation: https://public.flourish.studio/visualisation/1697102/?utm_source=showcase&utm_campaign=visualisation/1697102)

One example: What a corrupt fraud -- mistakenly elevated to a leadership position -- says (during an actual crisis):

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted.)

4/16/20 news analysis, fact-checking article link:

"Fact check: Trump repeats false claim he has power over state coronavirus restrictions, threatens to shut down Congress"

Brief excerpt:

"Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump littered Wednesday's coronavirus briefing with another procession of false and misleading claims. 

 He inaccurately declared, again, that he has absolute power over state coronavirus restrictions. He falsely claimed "nobody needs" ventilators anymore. He exaggerated the number of federal judges confirmed during his presidency. He repeated some of his standard false claims about trade with China..."

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"Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, state officials and NBC News
Graphic: Sawyer Click & Robin Muccari / NBC News"

Reposted graphical representation: The Trump admin. coronavirus disaster -- in one chart

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted.)

Note: Please see the previous (4/9/20) post here for additional information and source credit: https://donaldwontlast.blogspot.com/2020/04/reposted-failed-us-federal-response-to.html


↓Click on the 'play' arrow below to view the animation. (Observe the U.S. graph 'bar'..Reminder: The U.S. has not employed widespread testing *yet*, so actual (U.S.) cases are likely under-reported:)

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Reposted: "Failed US Federal Response To COVID-19..." (Including graph representation/visualization)

(Commentary, including reposed material. Temporarily posted.)

Reposted 4/9/20 video commentary/analysis segment. No affiliation:



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Here is a link to the 4/9/20 BBC article that includes the "How confirmed cases of coronavirus have spread" animated graph featured near the end of the clip above:

"Coronavirus pandemic: Tracking the global outbreak"

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"This page was last updated on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 08:08 PM EDT.
Daily confirmed new cases (5-day moving average)
Outbreak evolution for the current 10 most affected countries" (Source link)

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Unaffiliated source link: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-in-charts-covid-19-symptoms-spread-deaths-warnings-2020-2#the-us-has-reported-more-than-270000-coronavirus-cases-the-most-in-the-world-6. Data as of approx. 4/3/20. Link to a more current map: 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/coronavirus-us-cases.html

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It's insane that New York has been forced to secure a donation of ventilators from China. (Updated)

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Trump madness. A few recent news/analysis articles. (Links, some may require subscriptions:) 

"Trump to Governors on Ventilators: ‘Try Getting It Yourselves’"

"Trump to U.S. Governors: Get Your Own Ventilators"


"Trump downplays need for ventilators as New York begs to differ"


"Jared Kushner, who's operating a 'shadow' coronavirus task force, appears not to know why federal emergency stockpiles exist"


"Trump On New York’s Ventilator Shortage: ‘We’re Going To Find Out’ If They Have Enough"


"TRUMP SAYS HE WANTS TO KEEP PEOPLE OFF VENTILATORS IN FAVOR OF UNPROVEN DRUG COMBINATION"

>>Update: 4/4/20 opinion article (subscription): 

"He Went to Jared"

Brief partial excerpt:

 "...With the death toll in this country soaring past 7,000, Trump is focused on the same thing he is always focused on: himself. He proudly told reporters Wednesday, “Did you know I was No. 1 on Facebook? I just found out I was No. 1 on Facebook. I thought that was very nice for whatever it means.” Our doom, perhaps?

Trump’s most defining qualities have been on display in this fight: He has been mercurial, vindictive, deceptive, narcissistic, blame-shifting and nepotistic.

At the Thursday briefing, the president brought out another wealthy, uninformed man-child who loves to play boss: Jared Kushner...." 

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4/4/20 news report (link): 

"Gov. Cuomo Says Chinese Government Delivering 1,000 Ventilators to New York"

(Also (link)): "Billionaire Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai donates ventilators and masks to New York"
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Reposted:"Trump calls oil price plunge good for consumers, blames media for stock plunge"

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3/9/20 news article reference (link): "Trump calls oil price plunge good for consumers, blames media for stock plunge"

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“A person can be fatalistic when he’s empty inside.”

Source: 6/8/18 commentary/analysis article. (↑Trump biographer quote.) (link):
"The ‘What, Me Worry?’ President"


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Even more:

"What is the Pollyanna Principle?" Source article (link): "Pollyanna Principle: The Psychology of Positivity Bias"

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..OR, ...perhaps it's all pretty much attributable to what's observed in the second clip below..:

2/6/20 copy, no affiliation:

Pelosi on Trump rebuffing her attempt to shake hands before SOTU: "It was also an act of kindness, because he looked to me like he was a little bit sedated." pic.twitter.com/iP9x28oMh2

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 6, 2020

Fox 'news': "Majority of Americans want witnesses, new testimony in Senate impeachment trial: polls"

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1/21/20 article link: "Majority of Americans want witnesses, new testimony in Senate impeachment trial: polls"

 Brief excerpt:

"...More than three in four Americans questioned in a Monmouth Poll released Tuesday said that Trump administration officials, as well as the president, should be invited to testify. And just over half -- 51 percent -- said that members of the Trump administration who refused to appear before last year’s House impeachment inquiry should be compelled to testify in the Senate trial."

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Part of Adam Schiff's conclusion on 1/22/20. ..Last 2-3 minutes are a 'reminder' that should be heard, by everyone:



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Meanwhile....: U.S. budget deficit jumps

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11/13/19 news report (link):

"US budget deficit surges to $134.5 billion in October"

Article excerpt:

"WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government, which ended the 2019 budget year with its largest deficit in seven years, began the new budget year with a deficit in October that was 33.8% bigger than a year ago as spending hit a record.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the deficit last month totaled $134.5 billion, up from a shortfall in October 2018 of $100.5 billion.

The government ran up a deficit of $984.4 billion for the 2019 budget year that ended Sept. 30, 26% larger than in 2018.

The Congressional Budget Office is forecasting that the deficit for 2020 will hit $1 trillion and will remain over $1 trillion for the next decade..." 

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So many appalling gun killings...But our president will unite us and guide us, as before...

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...Just a few reposted items for consideration. Parental guidance suggested:



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Warning: Racist/xenophobic/divisive 'tweets', featuring the president of the United States. Copies, no affiliation:

So interesting to see “Progressive” Democrat Congresswomen, who originally came from countries whose governments are a complete and total catastrophe, the worst, most corrupt and inept anywhere in the world (if they even have a functioning government at all), now loudly......

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019

....and viciously telling the people of the United States, the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth, how our government is to be run. Why don’t they go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came. Then come back and show us how....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 14, 2019

Trump fans eventually break out in "send her back!" chants directed toward Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee who serves in Congress who Trump viciously smeared. pic.twitter.com/LX3eAEkfci

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 17, 2019

(Reference re the above (link): https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/patrick-crusius-el-paso-shooter-manifesto.html Also: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/patrick-crusius-manifesto-el-paso-shooting_n_5d460ba5e4b0aca3411ec308)

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God bless the people of El Paso Texas. God bless the people of Dayton, Ohio.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 4, 2019

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8/4/19 reposted news report (link): "After pair of mass shootings, Trump remains out of sight

President Donald Trump spent the first hours after the tragedies out of sight at his New Jersey golf course."

Repost: ‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted. ..Condolences (once again) to the latest victims of an ..appalling gun shootings in the U.S...)

8/4/19 update (link): 'OMG'.....: "Mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio"

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Title reference (via 2014 article, link, no affiliation):

https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527

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8/3/19 developing news story: "Multiple people have been killed in a shooting in El Paso, Texas, officials say"

Article excerpt:

"....The scene is unfolding in the same week two employees were fatally shot at a Walmart store in Southaven, Mississippi, and three people were shot and killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in California."

Hope: ↓Real, caring humans, El Paso today:



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Terrible shootings in ElPaso, Texas. Reports are very bad, many killed. Working with State and Local authorities, and Law Enforcement. Spoke to Governor to pledge total support of Federal Government. God be with you all!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 3, 2019

#NRAbloodmoney pic.twitter.com/bj2FroQSGT

— Anthony (@keanothedog) August 3, 2019

Nor does he care to!

— Robby Bright (@saxmagc93) August 3, 2019

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/theres-a-new-global-ranking-of-gun-deaths-heres-where-the-u-s-stands

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Read my full statement following today’s horrific shooting in El Paso here: https://t.co/WcL5Ze3MeB pic.twitter.com/bBND20PZ6A

— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 3, 2019

Also: 6/21/19 news commentary article (link): "AS THE REPUBLICAN SENATE BLOCKS REFORM, STATES PASS THEIR OWN GUN-CONTROL LAWS"

(Updated) Reposted commentary link: "What Trump Is Teaching Our Children"

(Commentary, including reposted material. Temporarily posted.)

7/17/19 opinion article link: 

"What Trump Is Teaching Our Children" 

Article subheading: "Part of the president’s job is to inspire young Americans to be better citizens. Trump is doing the opposite."

Temporarily posted: A current link to a reposting of the article above, outside of a paywall. (No affiliation with the website, etc.:)
https://pressfrom.info/us/news/opinion/-300195-what-trump-is-teaching-our-children.html


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Obamacare lawsuit: Be careful what you're wishing for, end-Obamacare-without-a-better-replacement Republicans:

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Reference, 7/9/19 article link: "The Fate of 'Obamacare' Hangs on an Appeals Court in New Orleans"

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A 7/10/19 opinion article link:  "The GOP’s nightmare scenario is playing out in its Obamacare lawsuit"

A brief excerpt. (Pls. read the entire article for more suggested possible outcomes..):

"...The possible outcomes here tend to be bad for consumers — and worse for Republicans, given that the lawsuit was brought by a group of top Republican officials from 20 states. The panel could declare every section of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, immediately jeopardizing the health coverage of the roughly 20 million Americans who obtained it through the ACA (most thanks to the expansion of Medicaid). Or it could just kill the insurance reforms that are intertwined with the individual mandate, threatening the ability of some 50 million Americans with preexisting conditions to obtain coverage down the road.

Either one of those outcomes would force GOP candidates to defend the attack on a law that grew more popular the closer congressional Republicans came to repealing it...."

Another reposted 7/9/19 opinion article link: "Chris Murphy: Trump’s health care sabotage will gut protections..."

A brief excerpt:

"...Upon taking office, President Trump and his allies in Congress pushed for a full repeal of the Affordable Care Act. They came close, but thanks to grassroots activism from people across the country and a few brave Republicans, the repeal effort ultimately failed. Unfortunately, that didn’t stop President Trump; he just shifted his efforts to the courts and executive actions to sabotage our health care system and weaken the protections established by the ACA.

The Trump administration’s support for the lawsuit, brought by a handful of Republican states, to overturn the ACA in its entirety is its most aggressive and dangerous move yet, and it’s one that would put care for hundreds of thousands of Connecticut families in jeopardy..."

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Article link, incl. 10/18 poll results: "Poll: Nearly 60 percent want ObamaCare to remain in place"

11/18 article link: "Democrats won House popular vote by largest midterm margin since Watergate"

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Ignorant? Thoughtless? Clueless? Hypocrite Trump grabs Fox "News" chance to bash (alleged) political opponents with sacred military graves as backdrop. (ALL (of the honored dead): Infinitely more courageous than Donald Trump ever was or will be.) (Updated)

(Commentary, including reposted materiel Temporarily posted. NOTE: "Freezing' this blog on this post for awhile. Without descending to his level I can't be much more clear or direct about Donald Trump ...))

(...Not publishing a link to the actual hate-show host "interview", here...)

For reference:

(6/6/19 copy:)

Trump called Pelosi “nervous Nancy” during an interview with Fox that featured the American cemetery at Normandy behind him. Pelosi, chatting briefly with CNN, declined to criticize Trump with the cemetery behind her saying she’d rather not do that while she’s out of the country. pic.twitter.com/ZTLGK5hUyn

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 6, 2019

Article links:
"Trump insulted Nancy Pelosi and Robert Mueller while at a cemetery for American WWII dead"


 "DONALD TRUMP GIVES FOX NEWS INTERVIEW BY GRAVES OF D-DAY SOLDIERS BLASTING MUELLER, 'NERVOUS NANCY' PELOSI"

(Commentary:) "Trump Used Graves Of World War II Soldiers As A Prop, FOX News Helped"

6/10/19 update:  Whether you agree with the piece or not, some well-written commentary: (Link, possible paywall:)
 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/05/opinion/trump-d-day-anniversary.html

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BTW: Compare and contrast...:
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Pelosi declining to criticize Trump while at Normandy today: “I don’t talk about the president while I’m out of the country. That’s my principle.” pic.twitter.com/tPcaHnwK9m

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 6, 2019

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(Brief blogger commentary:) TRUMP: YOU ARE EXECRABLE.. (Have one of your lackeys look it up for you..) 

You and supporting Republican sycophants will no doubt choose the weasel route and blame others for this latest example of your never-ending stupidity.

..Nancy Pelosi says she prays for you.

...Wish I could do even more but, besides working to defeat you...: 

I pray the day you're led to the van that hauls your fat-ass to prison occurs in my lifetime. 

..It'll be from behind the barriers but I'll be there for that one, bud... You'll hear me.

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Remember it: These 41 Republican senators aligned with a Donald Trump 'temper tantrum' scorning power set forth by the U.S. Constitution:

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John Barrasso, Wyo.
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Marsha Blackburn, Tenn.
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John Boozman, Ark.
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Mike Braun, Ind.
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Richard Burr, N.C.
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Shelley Moore Capito, W.Va.
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Bill Cassidy, La.
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John Cornyn, Texas
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Tom Cotton, Ark.
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Kevin Cramer, N.D.
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Mike Crapo, Idaho
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Ted Cruz, Texas
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Steve Daines, Mont.
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Mike Enzi, Wyo.
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Joni Ernst, Iowa
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Deb Fischer, Neb.
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Cory Gardner, Colo.
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Lindsey Graham, S.C.
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Chuck Grassley, Iowa
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Josh Hawley, Mo.
N

John Hoeven, N.D.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.
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Jim Inhofe, Okla.
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Johnny Isakson, Ga.
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Ron Johnson, Wis.
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John Neely Kennedy, La.
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James Lankford, Okla.
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Mitch McConnell, Ky.
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Martha McSally, Ariz.
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David Perdue, Ga.
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Jim Risch, Idaho
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Pat Roberts, Kan.
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Mike Rounds, S.D.
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Ben Sasse, Neb.
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Rick Scott, Fla.
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Tim Scott, S.C.
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Richard Shelby, Ala.
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Dan Sullivan, Alaska
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John Thune, S.D.
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Thom Tillis, N.C.
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Todd Young, Ind.
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A 3/14/19 news analysis article for some context. (Link:)

http://time.com/5551963/senate-emergency-declaration-vote-mike-lee/

Two brief excerpts. Emphasis is added:

"...“That’s not governing. That’s ruling,” [Senator Mike] Lee said Thursday as he cast what he said he was a reluctant vote against the President. “The Constitution is all process. That’s the whole point.”"

"...Lee had worked for weeks to head off the fight, doing everything he could think of to alert the White House that a clash was inevitable if Trump continued to pursue a border wall with Mexico by subverting congressional powers. After all, the framers of the Constitution explicitly gave Congress the power to set budgets in order to constrain executive power, and this Congress had declined to give Trump the money for his wall...."

More: 

“...Never before has a president asked for funding, Congress has not provided it, and the president then has used the National Emergencies Act of 1976 to spend the money anyway,” said Senator Lamar Alexander, Republican of Tennessee. “Our nation’s founders gave to Congress the power to approve all spending so that the president would not have too much power. This check on the executive is a crucial source of our freedom.”

3/14/19 source article link: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/politics/senate-vote-trump-national-emergency.html

(Also ref. (link): https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-temper-tantrums-border-wall-shutdown-2019-1)
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