{"id":34736,"date":"2019-01-09T00:35:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-09T00:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34736"},"modified":"2019-01-09T00:35:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-09T00:35:10","slug":"rep-thornberry-steps-up-and-pushes-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=34736","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Thornberry steps up and pushes back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mac_Thornberry_TT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-34737\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mac_Thornberry_TT-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mac_Thornberry_TT-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mac_Thornberry_TT-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Mac_Thornberry_TT.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Allow me to offer a word or two of praise to a man who used to represent me in the U.S. Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mac Thornberry, a Clarendon Republican, has said that Donald Trump is wrong to suggest that military forces can be deployed to build The Wall along our border with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>That is not a military mission, Thornberry said. It is not in keeping with what we ask our men and women in uniform to do.<\/p>\n<p>Thornberry is the former chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and now serves as the panel&#8217;s ranking member while Democrats control the House.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2019\/01\/08\/thornberry-trump-military-border-wall\/\">Wall-building is not a military matter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is disappointing that the best interests of the country do not seem to be everyone&#8217;s top priority,&#8221; Thornberry said. &#8220;We should fund the rest of the government and improve border security, leaving the political posturing behind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a touch of &#8220;both sider-ism&#8221; in Thornberry&#8217;s statement, but he is nevertheless correct. Trump has shut down part of the government. He is considering whether to declare a national emergency and he might seek to reallocate defense money to build The Wall.<\/p>\n<p>Thornberry is correct to oppose this nutty notion. It well might be illegal, unconstitutional and might even constitute an impeachable offense. It won&#8217;t surprise me if Thornberry steers clear of the illegality question, given his partisan loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>Still, his statement today fills me with some optimism that GOP support for the president&#8217;s foolish insistence on building The Wall is beginning to crumble.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allow me to offer a word or two of praise to a man who used to represent me in the U.S. Congress. Rep. 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