Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reportedly warned President Trump this week that declaring a national emergency to build his U.S.–Mexico border wall could create a rift in the GOP conference.

The Washington Post reported Friday that McConnell told Trump the Senate could pass a resolution disapproving the emergency declaration.

Republican sources familiar with the matter told the Post that the Senate leader and the president talked one-on-one Tuesday at the White House.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, said there is “not much appetite” for an emergency declaration; while Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an advisor to McConnell, said lawmakers are trying to “dissuade” Trump and warned he could be challenged by Congress

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