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A former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a ‘profound mistake’ Winners and losers in the border security deal House passes border deal, setting up Trump to declare emergency MORE (R-Ky.) is eating a “manure sandwich” over President TrumpDonald John TrumpBill Kristol resurfaces video of Pence calling Obama executive action on immigration a ‘profound mistake’ ACLU says planned national emergency declaration is ‘clear abuse of presidential power’ O’Rourke says he’d ‘absolutely’ take down border wall near El Paso if he could MORE‘s decision to declare a national emergency over illegal border crossings while signing a deal to keep the federal government open.

Former Rep. Mike RogersMichael (Mike) Dennis RogersLawmakers quiz officials on 2020 election security measures Hillicon Valley: House panel takes on election security | DOJ watchdog eyes employee texts | Senate Dems urge regulators to block T-Mobile, Sprint deal | ‘Romance scams’ cost victims 3M in 2018 Hillicon Valley: Dems pounce on Trump fight with intel leaders | FBI taps new counterintelligence chief | T-Mobile, Sprint tap former FCC Dem commish to sell merger | Dem bill would crack down on robocalls | Family sues over Uber self-driving fatality MORE (R-Mich.) told CNN on Friday that McConnell was not happy to endorse Trump’s plan to declare a national emergency in order to reallocate funding for construction of a border wall.

“You’re watching Mitch McConnell eat a manure sandwich in this whole process,” Rogers said, adding that McConnell was most concerned with averting another government shutdown.

“You can tell, in the mannerisms, in the body language, in the language itself, of Mitch McConnell … he’s where he is because he thought it would be expedient to make sure the government didn’t shut down,” he added.

“He’s not yet enjoying that manure sandwich this morning,” he quipped again, moments later.

“You’re watching Mitch McConnell eat a manure sandwich in this whole process” -former House Intelligence Chairman @RepMikeRogers on McConnell saying Trump would sign bill to avoid a shutdown and declare a national emergency at the same time. https://t.co/ufFuK0DgjO pic.twitter.com/PQrSXfS9l3

— New Day (@NewDay) February 15, 2019

McConnell announced Thursday that Trump planned to sign a compromise bill engineered by House and Senate negotiators that would provide $1.375 billion in funding for barriers at the U.S.-Mexico border, while at the same time declaring a national emergency to speed construction of his long-promised border wall.

Despite previously expressing skepticism for the plan, McConnell announced Thursday that he would support the president’s move.

“I think he ought to feel free to use whatever tools he can legally use to enhance his effort to secure the border, so no I would not be troubled by that,” the Senate leader told reporters.