Elizabeth Warren wants to defund Trump’s border wall and use the money to fight coronavirus

CNBC ^ | 2/27/20 | Jacob Pramuk

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., unveiled a bill Thursday to divert money from President Donald Trump’s border wall to the U.S. coronavirus response.

As concerns rise about the outbreak spreading in the U.S., the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate argued the $1.25 billion in emergency funding sought by the president is inadequate. With the proposal, Warren not only aims to confront a budding public health crisis but also looks to knock a Trump policy she has called racist and divisive.

“The coronavirus outbreak poses serious health, diplomatic, and economic threats to the United States, and we must be prepared to confront it head-on,” Warren said in a statement. “Rather than use taxpayer dollars to pay for a monument to hate and division, my bill will help ensure that the federal government has the resources it needs to adequately respond to this emergency.”

Warren is among the Democratic presidential candidates who have focused more on the coronavirus this week. On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the first potential community transmission of the virus in the U.S. - a person who did not have the travel history or contact with a patient that would have put them at risk.

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Warren never lets a crisis go to waste.

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For those who think the coronavirus wont make it’s way up from Mexico, think harder. Think about Mexicos corrupt government. Think about the widespread poverty of Mexicans. Then think about whether the cartels, that are increasing taking over Mexican territory give a damn about fighting the coronavirus.

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Yep - it’s so dangerous we need to allow even more undetected, [potential cases, of it in to the country so we end up with a lot of “mystery” cases spreading with no definite chain of transmission to follow back.

I don’t think they listen to themselves...