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babylonsister

(170,960 posts)
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 03:12 PM Feb 2019

Graham: KY Kids Would Be Better Off If School Funds Are Diverted To Border Wall



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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.

“Aren’t 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 Trump’s, not his, but, should the military middle school construction project get the ax, “I would say it’s better for the middle school kids in Kentucky to have a secure border.”

“We’ll get them the school they need, but right now we’ve got a national emergency on our hands,” he added.


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lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
1. well, now thay John is dead and buried... he has firmly attached himself
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 03:19 PM
Feb 2019

to Trump's sphincter.

Like a Remora or a lamprey...

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
2. "We'll get them the school they need"
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 03:22 PM
Feb 2019

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.”

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Yes, that will be interesting.
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 03:32 PM
Feb 2019

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.

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
6. Republicans only succeed
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:53 PM
Feb 2019

When everyone is stupid. They are in conflict with the entire history of progress and human aspiration. Dumbasses.

Corgigal

(9,291 posts)
8. Since I live in Kentucky
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 04:55 PM
Feb 2019

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.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,021 posts)
12. do tv millionaires ever interview people with sense?
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 05:24 PM
Feb 2019

Do tv 1 percenters and .1 percenters ever interview anyone from the 99 percent?

area51

(11,868 posts)
13. Lindsey: "... but right now we've got a national emergency on our hands."
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 07:59 PM
Feb 2019

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)
14. Better for the children of Kentucky to get little to no education than Texas having no wall
Sun Feb 17, 2019, 08:04 PM
Feb 2019

And the sad thing is: the senior Senator from Kentucky, Mitch McTurtle, fully agrees with him.

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