WSJ: No Lawmakers Representing Border Region Support Request For Wall Funds

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By ESME CRIBB Published APRIL 22, 2017, 10:35 AM EDT

Not one member of Congress representing the region that President Donald Trump's proposed border wall would run through has declared support for his request for funding to begin construction, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.

Per the report, the Wall Street Journal surveyed lawmakers who represent territory on the United States' southwest border and found that most are opposed to Trump's request for funding to begin work on the wall, while many still have questions.

"Not a single member of the House or Senate representing the region expressed support for the funding request," per the report, which noted that lawmakers on both sides of the aisle were included in the survey.

"There is no way in hell I support the request for $1.4 billion in border wall spending," Rep. Filemon Vela (D-TX) told the Wall Street Journal.

Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wsj-no-lawmakers-southwest-border-region-trump-wall

[notdarkyet]

1. The wall is a boondoggle that will end up costing billions more than so-called

Estimates. It will be an ugly scar on our border, till trump is gone and we tear it down. It is a threat to the biodiversity that lives on the border. He envisions it as a monument to his legacy, ego, that will last forever. He treats the treasury like it is his personal bank account, and he is spending it on his family, his businesses, and wants huge tax cuts that will benefit him and his donors. The citizens that were lied to about Mexico paying for the wall, will end up paying for it by losing healthcare. What kind of perverted bargain is that? The wall should be called, "Trumps Folly."

[FakeNoose]

4. Agreed. Trump pays for the wall himself, or else no wall

They sure as hell don't want to pay for it in Texas.
That shouldn't be taken lightly!

[dalton99a]

2. Now we know it's the people in Wisconsin who are most scared of Mexico

[Egnever]

3. Always the people with the least exposure to other races

That are the ones petrified of other races.

Not having any relationships with people of different cultures makes it easier to make up scary scenarios in your head.