Memo to GOP: Override Trump's Veto and Lose the Senate

A number of Republican senators are considering voting with Democrats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House to repudiate President Trump over his declaration of a national emergency at our southern border. Some Republicans have already declared their intention to do so.

While it now appears there are sufficient GOP defections for a resolution of disapproval to pass in the Senate, the question is: Will there be enough of them to override its veto by Mr. Trump?

Let’s be clear.

Should that happen, it would likely be the kiss of death for continued Republican control of the upper house of Congress.

Because enough Americans know the border crisis is an emergency.

And they are sufficiently angry to vote out of office Senate Republicans who profess to "want something done about it" — but just not the way the president proposes.

That dog won’t hunt.

Frank Gaffney, Jr. is president of the Center for Security Policy (CSP), a columnist for The Washington Times, and host of the nationally syndicated program, Secure Freedom Radio. Read more reports from Frank Gaffney, Jr. — Click Here Now.