Flashback: Media, the Democrats cried ‘constitutional crisis’ during Trump’s first mandate

During the first mandate of President Donald Trump, the Democrats and the members of the media sounded the alarm on a “constitutional crisis”, a term that is used today to describe the disagreement of Trump with the legal challenges to some of his orders Executives

The representative Jerry Nadler, DN.Y., and the former president of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, agreed in 2019 that the The United States was in a constitutional crisis After the Chamber voted to have former Attorney General Bill Bar in contempt for challenging a citation for the unworthy Russian report of the special lawyer Robert Mueller and the underlying documents.

“We have spoken for a long time about approaching a constitutional crisis. Now we are in it,” Nadler said at that time. “They are uniformly rejecting Congress’ citations. This means that they have decided to oppose the role of Congress as a coal branch of the government that represents the US people.”

Pelosi said at that time: “This administration wants to have a constitutional crisis because they do not respect the oath of the position they take.”

The White House says that the “true constitutional crisis is being carried out within our judicial branch”

Former CNN host Don Lemon agreed, telling his viewers in 2019, “Have you ever wondered how a constitutional crisis looks? Well, open your eyes.”

“The president of the United States is blowing through our system of controls and balances, which is supposed to keep our Congress, the Judiciary and the Executive Branch, which means that our country works,” he added.

The concerns of a constitutional crisis returned this week when Trump and the members of their administration expressed disagreement with several legal challenges to their executive orders, as the Democrats continue to reject the efforts of the administration with the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) .

Senator Chris Murphy, D-Conn., Said during an interview with NPR earlier this month that there was a constitutional crisis due to Trump’s efforts and Elon Musk with Doge, specifically When the Usaid climb.

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“Then, the president and his multimillionaire advisors are literally inventing things out of nowhere because they want and destroy democracy in this country.

The New York Times published a report on Monday, citing academics, who said that the president’s first actions have put the United States in a constitutional crisis.

NPR also quoted scholars who said they saw warning signs of a constitutional crisis, pointing out the reaction of vice president JD Vance at the orders of a judge that the administration had to Disregard federal funds. However, according to the report, the United States was not yet in a complete crisis.

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“Judges cannot control the legitimate power of the Executive,” Vance published on social networks.

Several of the actions of the Trump administration, such as Federal Federal Financing And the except of Doge’s access to personal dataThey have been challenged by Democratic general prosecutors.

Kaitlan Collins of CNN said Monday during his program: “We are three weeks after Trump’s second presidency. Three weeks. And tonight, there are warnings that the United States is dangerously close to a constitutional crisis.”

Senator Andy Kim, D-Nj., And representative Pramila Jayapal similarly warned of an imminent crisis.

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“I have worked in the Government. I have worked through multiple government stops. It would be the last person who would want to reach that stage, but we are at a point where we are basically at the cusp of a constitutional crisis,” Kim said during NBC “Meet The Press” on Sunday. “Seeing this administration taking measures that are clearly illegal.”

Jayapal pointed to Vance’s statement also in his warning.

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The media members also sounded the alarm on a imminent constitutional crisis In October 2019 with political trial efforts against Donald Trump.

A CNN analysis certain That Trump’s response to research was to create a constitutional crisis.

A politician column, written by Renato Mariotti, argued that although the term was often launched during Trump’s presidency, the example of a political trial actually created a constitutional crisis.

“But if you look more closely at Trump’s tweets and a later letter from the White House to Congress, you will see why on Tuesday it will become the day Trump finally caused a real constitutional crisis,” he wrote at that time.

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