Posted on 12/25/2018 10:13:37 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Working on Christmas Eve and through the government shutdown over border wall funding, President Donald Trump tweeted he had authorized the construction of a 115-mile stretch of border wall in Texas.
"I am in the Oval Office & just gave out a 115 mile long contract for another large section of the Wall in Texas," President Trump tweeted Monday night. "We are already building and renovating many miles of Wall, some complete.
"Democrats must end Shutdown and finish funding. Billions of Dollars, & lives, will be saved!"
Working in the Oval Office after canceling his trip to Mar-a-Lago in Florida because of the shutdown, President Trump met Monday with Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen and other officials to discuss border security issues as a partial government shutdown over his U.S.-Mexico border wall entered Christmas without a clear resolution in sight.
Though both sides have traded offers over the dollars, they remain far apart on the wall. The White House insisted Trump will reject any deal that does not include money for a wall or fence; Democrats held firm in their opposition to a wall or other physical barrier.
In a joint statement Monday, the Democratic leaders of Congress, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, said as long as Trump keeps listening to the House Freedom Caucus and others on the right flank, there is no easy resolution to the impasse.
"It's Christmas Eve and President Trump is plunging the country into chaos," the leaders said...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...
Woo! Hoo!
Double blessings for the House Freedom Caucus and our outstanding President!
Yes Texas must be saved or it truly is over. That SOB Roberts smacked down AZ when they tried to enforce Fed immigration law. Texas is very very close to being purple and within 4 years of turning blue if the invasion isnt stopped now.
“President Trump is plunging the country into chaos,” the leaders said
Open your eyes! The country has been in TOTAL chaos from the time BO’B was elected.
POTUS TRUMP is attempting to calm the waters for US.
One day (soon, hopefully!) the earth will open; at this time it will cause Chucky and Nan from San Fran to forever disappear.
it would be due justice if pelosi and chucky had a serious run in with some illegals over the holidays....just saying
South of the border it is known as the Rio Bravo.
Not sure how that got inserted in the article.
Ap claims nothing is awarded by trump
Even if so, trump may just be goading schumer into claiming that trump created chaos simply by telling a fib. Hohoho...
Hahahahahahaha! A million, billion times worse!
When did that start ?
I lived in Texas for 47 years and was never privy to that saying.
Keep it up, crazy lefties!
Trump is trying to get some control over our borders and they say he’s “plunging the nation into chaos!”
Do they really think the voters can’t see through this?
But Ann Coulter told me zero wall had been built.
Reporting in from Ohio. The birds are singing, the Christmas music is playing and no signs of chaos in sight.
What are we spending on those fancy decorative fed highway sound barriers that are going up in those sanctuary cities and suburbs ?
Good news!
That wall is ugly; it’s a thoroughly regrettable expense.
It’s also a NECESSARY expense. And there’s something uglier: the evil, murderous, satanic ideology whose adherents MADE that wall necessary.
And a big thanks to the American voters for putting the Dems back in control of the House.
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