Article snippet: Democrats are up in arms over MORE’s declaration of a national emergency at the southern border, but they also see political gold in his highly controversial power play. Speaker MORE (D-Calif.) is raising money off Trump’s executive action, while early polls indicate Trump’s decision is broadly unpopular with voters nationwide. Republicans are battling among themselves over whether to allow the president’s declaration to stand. And Democrats hope the public perception that Trump overplayed his hand will carry into the high stakes 2020 elections. “Hard-working Americans are tired of failure and dysfunction from Washington Republicans — that’s why they overwhelmingly voted them out of office in 2018 and will reject them again in 2020,” Jared Smith, spokesman for the Democrats’ campaign arm, said Tuesday. The Democrats’ strategy of highlighting the emergency declaration carries its own risks. Republicans, polls show, are overwhelmingly supportive of Trump’s move to use the emergency declaration to free up funds for his long-sought border wall. It’s an issue he is sure to tap to compel those voters to the polls next year. Yet many Republicans on Capitol Hill had initially warned Trump against taking the drastic step of sidestepping Congress to secure funding, and the GOP is now divided over the appropriate response — a fight that’s sure to prove a painful headache for Senate Majority Leader MORE (R-Ky.), who had opposed the emergency declaration weeks ago. Those Repu... Link to the full article to read more