White House Expects 10-12 GOP Defections in Senate

A senior White House official told the Washington Post that they expect about 10 to 12 Republican defections on the Senate vote to rebuke President Trump’s declaration of a national emergency on the border.

James Hohmann: “Trump knows he’s going to lose on the floor today, aides say, but he’s trying to wrangle enough votes so that he’s not embarrassed by a lopsided final count. To lock down the support of Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ), for example, the administration promised that money for the wall won’t be diverted from Arizona military construction projects.”