Lindsey Graham led GOP intervention at Trump dinner on emergency declaration

Published March 14, 2019 6:30pm ET



Three GOP senators reportedly made a trip Wednesday evening to the White House to urge President Trump to negotiate with Republicans who dislike his national emergency declaration to redirect billions of dollars to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Ted Cruz of Texas, and Ben Sasse of Nebraska show up in the middle of the president’s dinner with first lady Melania Trump to come up with some sort of deal.

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