By Lori Robertson, D'Angelo Gore and Eugene Kiely
Posted on May 9, 2019
Over the course of 17 hours, President Donald Trump repeated 17 false and misleading claims that we have written about since he became president.
Fact Check dot org. No kidding? Seventeen times!? and in seventeen hours too?!? You don't say?
WINNING!
"The Pentagon has approved a plan to spend an additional $1.5 billion to build 80 more miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News Friday."
Where are the promised lawsuits to block this?
Right?— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
WINNING!
"The Pentagon has approved a plan to spend an additional $1.5 billion to build 80 more miles of wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a U.S. defense official confirmed to Fox News Friday."
Where are the promised lawsuits to block this?
Right?— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
The DOD has now reallocated $2.5 billion to build the wall and nary a squeal from the Democrats.
They are beaten.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
Democrats attacked Shanahan for not seeking their approval to reprogram DOD funds for the wall.
Shanahan's response was basically, "shove it."— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
Trump wanted $5 billion from Democrats for the wall.
The DOD has already given him half that and the Democrats can't do a damned thing about it.
Like a boss.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
Shanahan, who has said he plans to visit the border on Saturday, said that the Pentagon is “fully engaged” in fixing the border crisis. He said that more than 4,000 troops and 19 aircraft are supporting Customs and Border Protection personnel.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
The Pentagon is also expected, at some point, to transfer up to $3.6 billion from military construction budgets to pay for wall construction, but details of those plans have yet to be announced.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019
"Acting Secretary Shanahan has proven over the last several months that he is beyond qualified to lead the Department of Defense, and he will continue to do so," Sanders said in a statement Thursday.— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) May 10, 2019