Posted on 12/18/2018 3:58:57 AM PST by Sub-Driver
I voted for Trump. Now his wall may destroy my butterfly paradise.
The Republican party is abandoning the conservative principles I treasured.
By Luciano Guerra Luciano Guerra is a nature photographer and outreach coordinator and educator for the National Butterfly Center in Mission, Texas. December 17 at 6:00 AM
Right now, in Mission, Tex., we don’t worry about immigrants who crossed the border illegally or drug smugglers. We worry about having to defend our private property from seizure by the federal government.
I work at the National Butterfly Center — which is along the U.S.-Mexico border — documenting wildlife and leading educational tours. Many of our visitors are young students from the Rio Grande Valley. When they first arrive, some of the children are scared of everything, from the snakes to the pill bugs. Here, we can show them animals that roam free and teach them not to be afraid. We talk about how we planted native vines, shrubs and trees to attract some 240 species of butterflies, as well as dragonflies, grasshoppers and other insects. The bugs brought the birds — including some you can’t see anywhere else in America, like Green Jays and Chachalacas — and from there, the bobcats and coyotes. We want to teach kids what it takes to create a home for all kinds of animals.
President Trump’s new border wall — which he has threatened to shut down the government to fund — will teach them what it takes to destroy it.
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> “Now his wall may destroy my butterfly paradise.”
How? Butterflies will fly right over the wall.
“’m so sure Mr./Ms. Luciano Guerra voted for Trump.”
Agree. Trump’s support was about 10% in that part of Texas, just go look at a red-blue map.
“Right now, in Mission, Tex., we don’t worry about immigrants who crossed the border illegally or drug smugglers.” (from the story)
If this clown didn’t care about Illegals crossing or drug smuggling, he DEFINITELY did not vote for Trump.
The aggressive surveyors hopping your fence without your permission rather belies your thesis.
Nothing wrong with moving the butterfly center a few yards inland.
Yeah, like that woman that said, “I’ve been a republican all my life, but now they want to ban third term abortion and fight same sex marriage and allow people to own guns.
I can no longer be a republican.
i.e. they are lying. They never were a republican.
Votes for Trump, eh?
Horseshit.
Voted for Trump, eh?
Horseshit.
I am sure that the Washington Post had no trouble finding a former Trump voter who now regrets his choice. There must be millions of Trump voters who are terribly concerned about the slightest possibility that a few butterflies might have to move their habitat.
“Right now, in Mission, Tex., we don’t worry about immigrants who crossed the border illegally or drug smugglers. We worry about having to defend our private property from seizure by the federal government.”
Well, isn’t that precious. Meanwhile, countless border-area ranchers are having to contend with invaders, from grimy illegals to armed-to-the-teeth cartels.
Apparently he never listened to one speech, one debate or one interview from Trump nor any of the MSM rants about the wall.
“President Trump’s new border wall — which he has threatened to shut down the government to fund”
And that eventuality escaped you when you “voted for Trump?” Uh-huh.
They can just drive “the Stanza” across the border.
We can fix this. Move the international border South and all of the occupants and then build the effin wall. My be a whole lot easier than moving a butterfly collection. Boo Hoo, cry babies
Liberals are often liars. This person is to dumb to have ever been a conservative, and I don’t even believe she voted for Trump.
Where’s the editorial by the Schumer voter whose kid was killed by an illegal alien?
They insult our intelligence and think we are the same as the drooling half wits that vote for them. This is a phony as a three dollar bill.
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