On Friday on MS NOW’s “Deadline,” Trump critic Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) claimed the “bottom is falling out” for President Donald Trump in his ability to control Republican lawmakers.
Raskin said, “There are over a dozen Republicans who have spoken out about this, and I’m starting to think that the bottom is falling out for Donald Trump in terms of his ability to micromanage and control everybody in the Republican caucus. I don’t think this can stand. I think the public clamor against it and the rapidly growing opposition within Congress means that we’re going to be able to stop it, and it violates essential constitutional principles. Almost everything about this slush fund violates the constitution and the rule of law.”
He added, “The domestic Emoluments Clause says in Article II that the president is limited to his official salary in office. They may not take any other funds from the federal government. And now suddenly, he’s engaged in this self-dealing settlement operation, where he’s going to get nearly $1.8 billion to give away to anybody he wants, including his political foot soldiers.”
He concluded, “It’s incredible that he holds himself completely above the law. But the good news is there seems to be a profound political and cultural backlash happening to this. And when Todd Blanche went over to talk to the Republicans, they just gave him hell.”
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