McConnell Says Trump Declaration Will Be Voted Down

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) predicted that a resolution seeking to block President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border would pass in the Republican-led Senate but ultimately not survive a veto, the Washington Post reports.

Said McConnell: “I think what is clear in the Senate is that there will be enough votes to pass the resolution of disapproval, which will then be vetoed by the president and then, in all likelihood, the veto will be upheld in the House.”

McConnell told reporters that he had hoped Trump “wouldn’t take that particular path” of declaring a national emergency.