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| More and More Dems Come Out To Support The Border Wall |
| 2019-01-30 |
| [Daily Caller] Democratic members have increasingly expressed support for a physical barrier on the U.S.-Mexico border over the course of immigration negotiations, making it harder for party leaders to ignore their positions. Prior to the lengthy partial government shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer seemed to have complete control over the members of his party, even those who had expressed support for the wall during election campaigns. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ‐ then the House minority leader ‐ promised that she would not appropriate a single dollar to the wall, despite Trump’s promise of a shutdown if he did not receive $5.7 billion to build on the border. But a number of rank and file Democrats have since said that they support a physical barrier in concert with other border security measures, perhaps due to pressure from the extended shutdown and a desire to prevent another one. Freshman California Rep. Katie Hill, Washington Rep. Adam Smith, and Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos have all conceded that fencing in certain areas is something that they are not reflexively opposed to. Virginia Rep. Elaine Luria, along with 30 other members, urged Speaker Pelosi to make a deal with Trump in a letter last week and offered perhaps the most accurate view of Trump’s border proposal by Democrats yet. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Obama, Clinton, Pelsi, and Schumer were all for the Wall at one time. They are not against the wall, they are against Trump. Obstructionists. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2019-01-30 18:31 |
| #5 What are they afraid of? Free and fair elections by American citizens. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-30 16:07 |
| #4 What are they afraid of? What worries me is that they're not afraid. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2019-01-30 11:41 |
| #3 Shutdown cost $11 billion, that's $11 billion that Schumer and Pelosi wasted to keep Trump from spending $5.7 on the wall. They don't care how much it costs to keep that wall from being built. What are they afraid of? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2019-01-30 11:39 |
| #2 Maybe some of these folks are listening to their constituents, instead of the media. But at least Fancy Nancy kept her promise - she would not appropriate a single dollar to the wall |
| Posted by: Bobby 2019-01-30 09:39 |
| #1 If the stupid party would back a group of Donk in a vote for Speaker providing a majority vote, you could resolve this issue quickly. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2019-01-30 06:22 |