BORDER/DEMS/GOP/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/WALL: “President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Friday [2-15-19] to secure funding for a proposed border wall, but many Democrats and some Republicans have criticized the move…Many Twitter accounts for Democrats and left-leaning groups and politicians were quick to latch onto the Trump quote and soon declared it a ‘#FakeTrumpEmergency,’ which started trending nationally Friday morning on the social media platform with other variants like ‘#FAKENationalEmergency’ and ‘#TrumpFakeEmergency’…Trump said he expects a legal battle over his declaration, but said, ‘We’ll win, I think.’ Democratic House and Senate leaders Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. and Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., issued a joint statement while Trump was speaking, saying the president was ‘outside the bounds of the law.'”
–Ryan W. Miller, “Democrats on Twitter cry #FakeTrumpEmergency after White House declaration,” USA Today, February 15, 2019 1:06 pm