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Graham: KY Kids Would Be Better Off If School Funds Are Diverted To Border Wall
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By Matt Shuham
February 17, 2019 1:49 pm
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speculated Sunday that middle schoolers in Kentucky who would otherwise benefit from Defense Department funds for school construction would be better off should that money be used for a border wall instead.
Trump administration officials have said that, because President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday, already-appropriated money designated for military construction will be available to build a wall on the southern border instead.
CBS Face The Nation host Margaret Brennan asked Graham about the trade-off in an interview Sunday.
Arent you concerned that some of these projects, that were part of legislation that you helped approve in Congress, are now going to be possibly cut out? she asked.
Graham said the choice of which DOD funds to use was Trumps, not his, but, should the military middle school construction project get the ax, I would say its better for the middle school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border.
Well get them the school they need, but right now weve got a national emergency on our hands, he added.
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lapfog_1
(29,166 posts)to Trump's sphincter.
Like a Remora or a lamprey...
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)He is the Judge Smails of the Senate
I've sentenced boys younger than you to the gas chamber. Didn't want to do it - felt I owed it to them.
tanyev
(42,356 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)It's only a matter of time. He's such a slimy,little ass-kissing weasel. Lindsey, you aren't fooling anybody. We all know that you are as guilty as sin.
dalton99a
(81,065 posts)C_U_L8R
(44,889 posts)When everyone is stupid. They are in conflict with the entire history of progress and human aspiration. Dumbasses.
Vinca
(50,168 posts)It's so sad a person is this desperate for a new BFF.
Corgigal
(9,291 posts)let me speak for all children who live here. It would be better for them to have their teachers pensions full funded, so they don't leave.
Yeah, maybe I should run for a state seat. Hmmmm.
spanone
(135,630 posts)struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)Takket
(21,421 posts)Hermit-The-Prog
(33,021 posts)Do tv 1 percenters and .1 percenters ever interview anyone from the 99 percent?
area51
(11,868 posts)Yeah, we do. In fact, several emergencies, including 123 people dying per day due to lack of healthcare (see sigline), gun deaths, and climate change, to name a few ACTUAL emergencies.
DFW
(54,047 posts)And the sad thing is: the senior Senator from Kentucky, Mitch McTurtle, fully agrees with him.