Mark Meadows: If Obama could send money to Iran, Trump can find money to build the wall
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows, R-N.C., said Saturday that if President Barack Obama could send money to Iran as part of the 2015 nuclear deal, President Trump should be able to find money to build the wall along the southern border without being blocked by the courts.
“Listen, if President Obama can send $1.8 billion to the Iranians — I can tell you I didn’t appropriate that — certainly finding a few billion dollars for border security on our southern border is something that this president can do legally and without a challenge,” Meadows told Fox News in an interview.
Trump announced Friday that a deal to temporarily end the partial government shutdown, which then was in its 35th day, had been reached. The agreement included no money for a wall along the southern border, as the president has demanded, but reopened shuttered agencies through Feb. 15.
Republicans and Democrats have until then to negotiate a broader immigration deal, in which Trump wants to include wall funding.....”
FYI:
Brian Kilmeade is airing a townhall meeting with TEXAS voters.
“BATTLE AT THE BORDER”, 8 PM (EST).
Mark