President Trump on Friday issued the first veto of his presidency, rejecting a resolution passed with bipartisan support that nullified his declaration of a national emergency to pay for a wall at the southern border.

“Today I am vetoing this resolution,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office where he was flanked by law enforcement and “angel” family members whose loved ones were killed by illegal immigrants. “Congress has the freedom to pass this resolution, and I have the duty to veto it.”