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Trump pleads on TV for wall; Dems say he ‘stokes fear’
West Hawaii Today ^ | Wednesday, January 9, 2019 | AP

Posted on 01/09/2019 9:11:15 PM PST by LeoWindhorse

President Donald Trump urged congressional Democrats to fund his long-promised border wall Tuesday night in a somber televised address that was heavy with dark immigration rhetoric but offered little in the way of concessions or new ideas to break the standoff that has left large swaths of the government shuttered for 18 days.

Speaking to the nation from the Oval Office for the first time, Trump argued the wall was needed to resolve a security and humanitarian “crisis,” blaming illegal immigration for what he said was a scourge of drugs and violence in the U.S. and asking: “How much more American blood must we shed before Congress does its job?”

(Excerpt) Read more at westhawaiitoday.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Hawaii
KEYWORDS: democrats; hawaii; trump
This in a local HAWAII newspaper . Please jump in the comments and share your wisdom and knowledge .
1 posted on 01/09/2019 9:11:15 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: LeoWindhorse

It was the headline in my local birdcage-liner too. The AP once was the global standard for journalistic integrity, now it’s just the biggest turd floating in the bowl.


2 posted on 01/09/2019 9:15:57 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

As long as we’re talking about Presidents who “stoke,” how many victims of the “knock-out game” have there been recently?


3 posted on 01/09/2019 9:16:56 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: LeoWindhorse
PELOSI-WALL-MART
4 posted on 01/09/2019 9:17:09 PM PST by FrankR (Make America Great Again, and Keep It That Way.)
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To: bigbob

I didn’t hear any pleading. He stated the issue as is. Deal with it or He will.


5 posted on 01/09/2019 9:17:56 PM PST by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Exactly. Why should anyone fear MS13 murders? We should embrace them, right Nancy?


6 posted on 01/09/2019 9:18:23 PM PST by mbrfl
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To: LeoWindhorse

Everyone whose confused friends are constantly whining “who am I supposed to believe” when it comes to news sources should recommend watching any and all network news programs, THEN watch OAN to see the side the networks WON’T tell you.

The two-faced nature of “unbiased” journalism is so over-the-top, your friends should be OUTRAGED by how they’re being “played.”

Yeah, it may cost them a little money (less than the daily paper), but as everyone on the Internet knows “if they give it to you for free, YOU (or your opinion) is what they are selling.”


7 posted on 01/09/2019 9:31:52 PM PST by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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To: Equine1952

That’s just it. They could have run a headline like “Trump Makes Case for Wall” and then gone on to bash it but they can’t even write an honest headline anymore.

All Propaganda.


8 posted on 01/09/2019 9:32:08 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: bigbob

Laura Ingraham had a great prediction tonite.

We’re going to be flooded with stories about the tragedies of unpaid government workers, but how much coverage have they ever given to AMERICANS whose lives were destroyed by illegal aliens?


9 posted on 01/09/2019 9:37:38 PM PST by papertyger (Trump, A president so great, that Democrats who said they would leave America if he won, stayed!)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Stoke fear? Yeah right. Like he just made all of this up ... for what purpose? To get impeached after he gets the military to start building it?

Believe me ... Trump only wants a wall because we need a wall. There are a lot of other fish for him to fry and plenty of other things for him to do.


10 posted on 01/09/2019 9:54:09 PM PST by plain talk
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To: papertyger

Why the hell should the American taxpayers have to pay for non-essential government crap? I’ve been laid off, you get off your arse and find a new job. Suck It Up Buttercup! Don’t like it? Don’t work for the Idiots in the government that don’t produce JackShitz. You don’t get guarantees in anything. Quit pissing and moaning. Unemployment is the lowest in decades. If your worth a crap find a job.


11 posted on 01/09/2019 10:00:37 PM PST by Equine1952 (Get yourself a ticket on a common mans train of thought)
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To: LeoWindhorse
Dems say he ‘stokes fear’

Stokes fear? You mean like claiming that the Republicans want to end Social Security...or push grandma off a cliff? That kind of stoking fear?

12 posted on 01/09/2019 10:20:14 PM PST by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: LeoWindhorse; All

Yeah, I guess FDR was just stoking “fear” on December 7, 1941. Dems are insane.


13 posted on 01/09/2019 11:02:11 PM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: LeoWindhorse

Build a wall around Hawaii.

To keep them in, some want to secede.


14 posted on 01/09/2019 11:53:36 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: FrankR

More like Big Lots they belong at...or deserve!


15 posted on 01/10/2019 3:32:54 AM PST by W. (I'm tired of cleaning up after autokorrect. Wish it would die!)
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