“Of course recognizing new miles of fence is not just a leftist trick. To obscure such simple truths is an insult to taxpayers.”
Recognizing a new mile of fence as new is a simple truth, even if something ineffective had to be demolished prior to constructing it.
To say it is not new (despite it being new construction with all new materials, dramatically better in every respect), is actually not a truth.
Every newly constructed mile, is a new mile.
No use trying to wiggle around common usage in the English language.