Gov. Jay Inslee: Democrats will play by new rules if Trump’s emergency declaration not stopped

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee warned Republicans on Sunday that the Democratic Party will govern by the standard set by President Trump’s emergency declaration for border security, especially on the issue of climate change, if the GOP majority in the Senate don’t fight it.

Trump declared a national emergency on the border with Mexico on Feb. 15, after Congress refused to give him the funding he had requested to build a border wall. Sixteen states, not including Washington, filed a lawsuit last week against the Trump administration over the order that would divert billions of dollars from the military for the project.