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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful wall’ collides with Congress
yahoo.com ^ | 4/25/17 | Liz Goodwin

Posted on 04/25/2017 8:46:08 AM PDT by blueyon

WASHINGTON — President Trump reportedly backed off his demand that Congress include a down payment for a wall spanning the entire U.S.-Mexico border in a crucial spending bill that must pass by Friday night to keep the government funded.

Republican lawmakers have urged the president to focus on border security in general instead of the wall, which Democrats have called a poison pill that would cause them to reject the bill and shut down the government.

Trump told a group of conservative reporters he invited to the White House on Monday that he was open to getting funding for the wall in September when Congress debates the 2018 budget, the Associated Press reported. This is a sharp reversal from his position over the weekend and early Monday, when he doubled down on his demand for the wall. Trump tweeted repeatedly that the wall is necessary to stop the flow of drugs into the United States.

“If the wall is not built, which it will be, the drug situation will NEVER be fixed the way it should be!” Trump exclaimed Monday, adding: “#BuildTheWall.”

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 115th; budget; buildthatwall; buildthewall; first100days; illegals; immigration; mexico; paulryan; trump; trumpbudget; wall
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To: Man from Oz

“Build the damn wall. It will stand even though administrations will change.”

Very good point, I was thinking the same.


41 posted on 04/25/2017 10:26:57 AM PDT by Amish with an attitude
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To: blueyon
.... Looks like the Prez is falling for the same old tricks. When the budget comes up next time the wall will be deferred and postponed until the next time ..... then before you know it Trump's 4 years are finished and still no wall! Then when we get Democrat or GOPe president .... the Flow of Trespassers will start all over again.

..... Why is Ryan still there anyways .... and would it actually be any different if he was replaced?

42 posted on 04/25/2017 10:27:11 AM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: blueyon

I didn’t realize that Democrats ran Congress.

I thought the Republicans won the Election and the threat of a Presidential Veto was eliminated when Trump was Elected POTUS.

You have to hand it to the Democrats, they stick together no matter how ridiculous the cause and it doesn’t matter who in residing in the White House.

Democrats always influence decision making and much like having Herpes, they never really go away.


43 posted on 04/25/2017 10:27:28 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: blueyon

“President Trump reportedly backed off his demand that Congress include a down payment for a wall ... “

More fake news from the MSM liars. This morning President Trump tweeted that it was fake.


44 posted on 04/25/2017 10:33:10 AM PDT by tumblindice
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To: cba123

Bull sh*t.


45 posted on 04/25/2017 10:40:43 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: R_Kangel
If the democrats block funding now there will be no wall and support for Trump will evaporate. But rat voters will be energized by stopping Trump number one priority.

The election in 2018 will not go well for the GOP with millions of discouraged voters staying home.

The wall is the fight and now, not 2018 is the time to fight it. The longer we wait the harder it becomes to win.

46 posted on 04/25/2017 10:57:36 AM PDT by jpsb (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismark)
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To: blueyon
5h Donald J. Trump‏ @realDonaldTrump Don't let the fake media tell you that I have changed my position on the WALL. It will get built and help stop drugs, human trafficking etc.
47 posted on 04/25/2017 11:04:44 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Fine, if no wall then the entire border should be a military training zone with the armed forces using live ammo, maybe even some bunker-busters when they suspect tunneling.


48 posted on 04/25/2017 11:20:12 AM PDT by BrandtMichaels
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To: blueyon

>>Paul Ryan needs to be replaced!

And Hillary should’ve been waddling in prison orange by now.

How’s that working?


49 posted on 04/25/2017 11:34:39 AM PDT by HLPhat (It takes a Republic TO SECURE THESE RIGHTS - not a populist Tyranny of the Majority)
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To: Washi

Hardly.

The media is playing peek a boo, and you’re falling for it every time.


50 posted on 04/25/2017 11:37:47 AM PDT by Luircin (Dancing in the streets! Time to DRAIN THE SWAMP!)
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To: IC Ken

....”We have the Executive branch and the Congress”.....

Really?... Did you think the elites in the Rep. party were going to let go of their grip on power?.. They are the problem and will be until the swamp is cleared.... meanwhile we need to stop sounding like the Demorat snowflakes...crying every time things don’t go the way we think they should!


51 posted on 04/25/2017 11:49:01 AM PDT by caww
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To: jpsb
Without the wall a Rat Admin can reverse everything Trump/Sessions has done for border security.

Truth is they can put ramps and turnstiles in if we don't watch them.

52 posted on 04/25/2017 12:00:26 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: tumblindice
This morning President Trump tweeted that it was fake.

Maybe so but it was not fake. He said he would defer the demand that funding for the wall would be in this budget. That is exactly what the news gleefully reported.

Most of Rush's callers wanted the President to take this fight to the wall and shut down the government because they see it as an issue that will determine the next congress whether it be Ryano's or democrats.

53 posted on 04/25/2017 12:04:23 PM PDT by itsahoot (As long as there is money to be divided, there will be division.)
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To: blueyon

I’m a 2 issue voter. The SCOTUS and the Wall.

So far, he’s 100% on the SCOTUS (we’ll see how the next 3 spots materialize).

If the wall don’t go through on the 1st try, that means he’s batting 50% for me.

I know politics. I know the bait and switch. I know that the sun always shines “tomorrow” in politics. I know that tomorrow means NEVER, and it means “if we just had a few more contributions! we could make this work!”

It’s now or never.

No wall, then you are batting .5 for me.

Better than Hillary for sure, but still, you might as well be Paul. I know he’d appoint an originalist AND he’s a fiscal conservative.

Sorry, I been on the Trump train since day ONE. This, one is getting my goat.

Crossing my fingers that the #FakeNews has this one wrong as well.


54 posted on 04/25/2017 12:13:38 PM PDT by Bubba Gump Shrimp (A Liberal is someone who cannot accept that there is a Law of Unintended Consequences)
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To: blueyon

Not just Ryan. At least 80% of GOP Congressmen are pro-amnesty.

We need to replace almost the entire GOP delegation in Congress.

Even here on FR, we have a lot of conservatives making excuses for voting for the bad open borders lovers like Rubio.

Had conservatives made immigration a litmus test issue like so many do with abortion, we wouldn’t be having this problem now.


55 posted on 04/25/2017 12:20:45 PM PDT by WatchungEagle
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To: dsc; All

“Trump should uncover a few of Ryan’s felonies and destroy him.”

Post of the day.

We KNOW he’s dirty !


56 posted on 04/25/2017 12:42:32 PM PDT by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) since Nov 2014 (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Diogenesis
Ryan has made TRUMPCARE a reality with the Congress, their families, and their staff, EXEMPT,

It's not "Trumpcare," it's Ryancare.

57 posted on 04/25/2017 1:00:26 PM PDT by wastedyears (Prophecy of sky Gods, the sun and moon)
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To: cba123

Agree. This is the hill to fight for.


58 posted on 04/25/2017 1:40:21 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: cba123

Yep, Trump caved, and Schumer is crowing about how he laid down an ultimatum and won.


59 posted on 04/25/2017 2:35:47 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: blueyon
Ted Cruz Calls for $14 Billion Seized from "El Chapo" to Fund Border Wall
Breitbart  | April 25, 2017 | Bob Price

Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a bill calling for the use of $14 billion seized from cartel drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to be used to pay for the President's border wall between the U.S. and Mexico.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/04/25/ted-cruz-calls-14-billion-seized-el-chapo-fund-border-wall/


60 posted on 04/25/2017 3:00:20 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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