Posted on 07/23/2015 7:27:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Donald Trump reiterated calls to erect a wall on the border between Mexico and the United States during a visit to the border city of Laredo, Texas, on Thursday.
"In certain sections you have to have a wall, absolutely," Trump said, speaking to the press shortly after touring the border crossing. "The wall will save you a tremendous amount of money."
The comments came during a fly in visit to the city to discuss plans for increasing border security. Just one month ago, during his campaign launch, Trump said one of the priorities of his presidency would be to build a wall between Mexico and the U.S.
His anti-immigration stance has ignited outrage, and Trump has come under fire from Latino groups for disparaging comments made about Mexicans.
"When Mexico sends its people, theyre not sending their best," Trump said during his campaign announcement, which devolved into an off-script rant. "Theyre sending people that have lots of problems, and theyre bringing those problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists."
The population of Laredo, Texas, is 250,000, and 95.6% of those residents are Hispanic or Latino. Much of the city's economy is based on cross-border trade. Trump weighed in on this on Thursday, saying the prosperity that Laredo sees as the largest border crossing for goods traded between the United States and Mexico is due to Mexico.
"A lot of what's happening here is because Mexico is doing so well," said Trump. "I dont know if that's good for the United States."
Trump has already received pushback from residents ahead of his arrival, and a group gathered to protest against his visit when he arrived at Laredo International Airport on Thursday, in a 757 with his name emblazoned on its side....
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That headline hurts my sensibilities. Remove that darned comma!
A Wayward Pines wall.
Damn right it is a good idea to put up a wall and secure our border.
I can’t believe Jessica and Megan aren’t out shopping.
We are going to build the wall. Very soon.
Santa Maria its Mongo!
Mongo only pawn in game of life.
The Chinese did it without bulldozers, dump trucks and modern manufacturing.
Build the damn wall or at least a double layer 18 foot barb wired topped fence from shore to freaking shore.
and, deport by the train load.
McStain on BOR now blaming 0bama and the House for no border security.
Oh, and that “crazy” name he called Arizonans, was a “term of endearment”. Yukity yuk.
What a PUTZ!
His anti-immigration stance has ignited outrage
Should read:
His anti-ILLEGAL-immigration stance has ignited outrage
Of course it’s a good idea as part of a “comprehensive border security package”. Along with the wall we need concertina wire, cameras, drones, more border patrol agents manning the border, the wall, the cameras, and the drones. Oh, and we need a little political will to actualy secure the border while we’re at it, some more prisons and prison guards to house the repeat offenders and the drug dealers.
among illegals.
And racist insurrectionists like La Raza!
Don’t forget the claymores.
Is wall synonymous with fence?
Why we love Trump?
Its because for the last 6 years weve been begging the Republicans to do something. Anything. At first they said they couldnt do anything because they didnt have the Presidency, House or Senate. Then they said they couldnt do anything because Harry Reid was blocking everything in the Senate. Then they said they couldnt do anything until the 2016 elections because Obama would veto. Now they are saying they wont be able to do anything even with a Republican President because too many Senate seats are up for grabs in 2018.
On and on and on and on with the excuses of why they cant do anything. Now comes Trump. Who has no power at all but the bully pulpit. Hes been on the scene two months. But weve already seen what hes done and he isnt even in the White House yet. Thanks to Donald Trump, they are holding hearings on the hill focusing on the deaths of Americans by illegals. Thanks to Trump, many low information voters in this country who had never heard of sanctuary cities, or didnt even believe they existed when they did hear about it.
This is all happening thanks to one man, Donald Trump.
Trump isnt making excuses. Hes getting things done.
Thats why we love him.
-—————excerpted from a post on Hot Air
We like Trump because the Gope didn’t hear us in 2014......with our votes as they dropped one at a time....now they’re hearing our voice....
Whenever I hear any Gope candidate attempt to push Trump out of his ‘rightful place’ to speak as a candidate....then I know they’re a Rhino.
I heard three of them won’t debate if Trumps there.....I need to see who these three are....they are no friends of Conservatives....
They’ll never fence off Texas.
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