Brennan calls on Congress to end shutdown before negotiating border security
Not 'subservient' to the president
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Former CIA Director and frequent Trump critic John Brennan on Thursday called on Congress to end the partial government shutdown before negotiating on border security.
In a tweet, Brennan wrote that the Constitution does not say Congress is subservient to the President, and blasted President Trump as unstable, unfit, and reckless.
Article One of the Constitution, which established the Legislative Branch, does not say Congress is subservient to the President (especially an unstable, unfit, & reckless one), Brennan tweeted. Congress must do its jobfund the government, end the shutdown, & then negotiate border security.
Brennans tweet came on the 20th day of the partial government shutdown, which started amid an impasse between Congress and the White House over Trumps demand for more than $5 billion in funding for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/424773-brennan-calls-on-congress-to-end-shutdown-before-negotiating-border