Posted on 12/18/2018 7:52:46 AM PST by NRx
The White House wants to avoid a partial government shutdown and has found other ways to get the border wall President Trump is demanding, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said Tuesday.
Sanders’ comments come four days before large portions of the federal government will begin shutting down unless Congress and Trump act first.
Trump has been demanding $5 billion from Congress for his border wall, which Democrats refuse to give.
But Sanders told Fox News Channel: “We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion.”
“At the end of the day we don’t want to shut down the government, we want to shut down the border,” Sanders said.
Sanders said the White House was exploring other funding sources and believed it could be legally done.
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“We have other ways that we can get to that $5 billion.”
“What a let down if true.”
IOW: I read the title, not the article.
The wall was not built during the two years the GOP had control of both the House and the Senate. If it wasn’t built then, why should we hope that it will be built now?
Don’t let Fake News ruin your day.
“Per Sanders comments on Fox... White House appears to support Chuck Schumer’s initial offer — the Senate’s bipartisan appropriations bill from June, which includes in $1.6 billion in “fencing”/wall money.”
https://twitter.com/sarahnferris/status/1075057245870804994
Trump can’t afford to back down on this. If he does, the Rats will have him over a barrel for the next two years.
No one remembers on the record votes they are meaningless.
Trump has something up his sleeve.... I hope.
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We were hoping the FISA docs would be released too. The “immedidate declassification” order was three months ago. Just saying.
Looks to me like Trump’s gonna do an end run around Congress...
No wall funding? How about a deep trench instead, like a moat filled with acid.
I totally despise bastards like Piglosi and Schmucky Shoomer. There never would have been a United States if the country had been filled with freeloading, commie bastards like them back in the 1700s.
Democrats don’t want a skin on America.
It’s been suggested to start a GoFundMe for the wall. If every Trump supporter contributed 50 bucks, that would be a good start.
I don’t doubt other ways can be found to fund the wall.
Trump could start a private foundation, and the Democrats would be STUNNED to see how much Americans would contribute to that.
But dammit, somebody needs to shut-down the government sooner or later. We’re $21 trillion in the hole.
Um, the last I checked, the Republicans still own the House.
What’s the problem?
I caught a brief news report on TV yesterday that said that the number of troops on the southern border was being reduced. If this is some kind of 4-D chess, I freely admit that I can't follow it.
The solution is simple. TAX the welfare and all other benefits received by the illegal aliens. We can come up with the money needed in no time.
Trump can’t afford to back down on this. If he does, the Rats will have him over a barrel for the next two years.
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Very true. Presidentail credibility is the underpinning of presidential power. A president has to say what he means and mean what he says.
Yes. Plays perfectly. No shut down forces them to stop it. GOP doesn’t even have to vote on it.
Cancel one of the submarines to pay for it.
If Mulvaney is taking never-trumper Ann Coulter’s advice, he’s a non-person to me!
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