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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful wall’ collides with Congress
yahoo.com ^ | 4/25/17 | Liz Goodwin

Posted on 04/25/2017 8:46:08 AM PDT by blueyon

WASHINGTON — President Trump reportedly backed off his demand that Congress include a down payment for a wall spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border in a crucial spending bill that must pass by Friday night to keep the government funded.

Republican lawmakers have urged the president to focus on border security in general instead of the wall, which Democrats have called a poison pill that would cause them to reject the bill and shut down the government.

Trump told a group of conservative reporters he invited to the White House on Monday that he was open to getting funding for the wall in September when Congress debates the 2018 budget, the Associated Press reported. This is a sharp reversal from his position over the weekend and early Monday, when he doubled down on his demand for the wall. Trump tweeted repeatedly that the wall is necessary to stop the flow of drugs into the United States.

“If the wall is not built, which it will be, the drug situation will NEVER be fixed the way it should be!” Trump exclaimed Monday, adding: “#BuildTheWall.”

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; budget; buildthatwall; buildthewall; first100days; illegals; immigration; mexico; paulryan; trump; trumpbudget; wall
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Paul Ryan needs to be replaced!
1 posted on 04/25/2017 8:46:08 AM PDT by blueyon
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To: blueyon

Ryan has made TRUMPCARE a reality with the Congress,
their families, and their staff, EXEMPT,

and now will destroy the Wall.

He will however, LEAD the charge for impeachment,
secretly — with those squirrely lying eyes.


2 posted on 04/25/2017 8:48:40 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: blueyon

Trump this is THE ISSUE you could shut the government down about, and gain support.

You are making a HUGE mistake, if you do not get this approved, right now.

Stand firm on this issue.

Do not give this away.


3 posted on 04/25/2017 8:49:22 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: blueyon
The GOPe needs to get in line. As always they side with the Democrats. They are only conservative when the run for office. I am so tired of the Republican screwing us.

We have the Executive branch and the Congress. What good is a majority if you gave to the losers.

4 posted on 04/25/2017 8:49:31 AM PDT by IC Ken
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To: blueyon

From watching Fox Business this morning it looks like the GOPe is firmly in charge.


5 posted on 04/25/2017 8:52:27 AM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: blueyon
Republican lawmakers have urged the president to focus on border security in general...

I can live with that as long as "general security" includes Apache helicopters, A-10s, and some AC-130 Spectres patrolling the border.

6 posted on 04/25/2017 8:53:11 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: blueyon

Just re-direct the 500 billion dollars in waste, fraud and abuse that Dr. Ben Carson found at HUD.


7 posted on 04/25/2017 8:53:12 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: TTFlyer

Yep & the RATs


8 posted on 04/25/2017 8:53:14 AM PDT by rainee (Her)
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No wall? Fine activate the military and have at least one man patrolling every mile of the border 24/7, that is what the military is for isnt it?


9 posted on 04/25/2017 8:54:08 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%fe)
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To: blueyon

Maybe it’s redundant given the crackdown on illegal immigration.

I mean if people stop coming because they will be busted and deported in an expedient manner, what point the wall?


10 posted on 04/25/2017 8:54:27 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: IC Ken

Well, just wait until we filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Then they’ll really get some things done for us.


11 posted on 04/25/2017 8:54:34 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: TTFlyer

TV is a tool that’s used to warp the sheeple’s perception of reality ...


12 posted on 04/25/2017 8:55:04 AM PDT by bankwalker (groupthink is dangerous ...)
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To: blueyon

Tell the people who put him in that job.

THe Freedom Caucus for example.

You either have faith, or you don’t.


13 posted on 04/25/2017 8:55:52 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Diogenesis

He has a nice ####ing wall though.

I don’t know why Donald came down on the Freedom Caucus and not this leprechaun POS.

As smart as The Donald is, he is still in his first moths in office.

Not bad for someoe who never held office, to say the least.

But I pray he learned that Ryan is the bad guy

He seemed to know it all along until Jared and Ivanka got in the pciture.

They are NO FRIENDS of conservatives.

Meanwhile ryan has a nice wall around his house. That POS.

Issue an EO and I don’t care where the money comes from, build the wall.

CUT tax credits for illegals already!!! And tax money send to that rotted hellhole mexico.


14 posted on 04/25/2017 8:56:04 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Diogenesis

Ryan is trying very very hard to destroy Trump, and right now he is winning.


15 posted on 04/25/2017 8:56:20 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: blueyon
Don't tell me the 'Wall' will get built. That is the campaign pledge. As the President, tell me the 'Wall' is getting built. Trump should take a shovel and head to the border and start digging a symbolic foundation - and announce a veto to any bill that doesn't include the money.

Any delay is a dodge and a victory for the globalists.... just like delaying the appeals on judicial power grab.

16 posted on 04/25/2017 8:56:23 AM PDT by Lagmeister ( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
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To: dp0622; All

“He has a nice ####ing wall though.

I don’t know why Donald came down on the Freedom Caucus and not this leprechaun POS.

As smart as The Donald is, he is still in his first moths in office.

Not bad for someoe who never held office, to say the least.

But I pray he learned that Ryan is the bad guy

He seemed to know it all along until Jared and Ivanka got in the pciture.

They are NO FRIENDS of conservatives.

Meanwhile ryan has a nice wall around his house. That POS.

Issue an EO and I don’t care where the money comes from, build the wall.

CUT tax credits for illegals already!!! And tax money send to that rotted hellhole mexico.”

Suitable for framing.


17 posted on 04/25/2017 8:57:55 AM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

If he keeps on (not) standing up for what we elected him to do, it will be dems taking the next election.

Trump needs to continue forward progress.

Trump needs to build the wall. NOW. Not in September.

Right now.


18 posted on 04/25/2017 8:58:30 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: Lagmeister

Don’t tell me the ‘Wall’ will get built. That is the campaign pledge. As the President, tell me the ‘Wall’ is getting built. Trump should take a shovel and head to the border and start digging a symbolic foundation - and announce a veto to any bill that doesn’t include the money.

Any delay is a dodge and a victory for the globalists.... just like delaying the appeals on judicial power grab.

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I tend to agree with you. I don’t see how this will suddenly make the Dems and RINOs support funding for a Wall six months from now. It won’t happen.


19 posted on 04/25/2017 8:59:10 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: RedStateRocker

Illegal aliens will only be removed after they commit other crimes here. Just the “bad hombres”.
We should not have to wait until they harm or kill Americans.

Obama’s illegal DACA program has become Trump’s illegal DACA program and will continue giving out work permits and permission to stay.

Unless there are efforts to deny employment and benefits to illegal aliens they won’t be leaving on their own.


20 posted on 04/25/2017 8:59:55 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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