Acosta: WH officials told surrogates this morning admin will use eminent domain to build the wall

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

On a conference call with surrogates this morning on Trump national emergency declaration, WH officials said the admin will be using eminent domain to build wall, per a readout on the call.

[still_one]

1. That will go to the courts

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. The landowners along the border are gonna love that.

Much of the border land in Texas is privately owned; Texas won't be GOP for much longer if Trump's gummint starts trying to take that land. And it will be in court for years.

[rufus dog]

6. The idiot repukes in Texas won't change

Let me correct myself, IDIOT FUCKING REPUBLICANS WON'T CHANGE!

Now the ones that are directly impacted, that is, their land is being seized, will change. But, their fucking repuke neighbor won't!

[awesomerwb1]

7. They'll get over it and vote for him again

in 2020. I guarantee you.

We tend to give these people too much credit. Look at the farmers who have gone bankrupt. They are devastated but most say they would vote for trump again.

Texas will turn blue one day because of blue voters migration, not because the natives get tired of the KGOP.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. I guess we should thank him for helping to turn Texas blue.

That will go over really well.

[jberryhill]

4. Oh, yeah, another great conservative value

Government taking your stuff.

[The Genealogist]

5. Guessing they are going to be taking a lot of this land from libertarian rightwingers

Or at least planning to. No doubt many of them froth at he mouth about getting their wall, but will not like it on land that is heirs

[RockRaven]

8. And landowners will resist, and this will be in the courts for years...

My (very incomplete/imperfect) understanding is that the case law is on the side of the landowners, but if the cases can make it to SCOTUS before the end of Trump's term, anything could happen. This incarnation of SCOTUS isn't shy about gutting precedent.

[cbdo2007]

9. And let's guess who is going to build border hotels on it

Somehow this whole thing is all about money for him and his friends...it always is.