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GOP Lawmaker: ‘Remove The Fence From Around The White House’
TheDC ^ | 11/19/14 | Alex Pappas

Posted on 11/20/2014 2:16:05 PM PST by blueyon

To make a point about the Obama administration’s stance on a fence across the southern border, one Republican lawmaker jokingly suggested in a congressional hearing Wednesday that the president should remove the fence protecting the White House.

Texas Rep. Louie Gohmert made the comments during a House Judiciary Hearing Wednesday with Joseph Clancy, the acting director of the U.S. Secret Service. As lawmakers questioned the acting director about the recent fence jumpers at the White House, Gohmert connected the problem to border issues.

Gohmert told Clancy that if Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano thinks building a fence on the border is “worthless,” than it would be consistent for the administration to be against a White House fence too.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; amnesty; border; fence; illegals; immigration; mexico; obama; replouiegohmert
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To: blueyon

Pass a bill and tear the fence down.

The BP doesn’t have ammo? Take away the SS’s ammo.

What’s good for the People is good enough for the usurper.


21 posted on 11/20/2014 3:43:42 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: blueyon

Good idea - we can put the fence back once we have a real president.


22 posted on 11/20/2014 7:13:41 PM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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