One of the arguments made by President Donald Trump on the need to, at the very least, construct new portions of a wall on the southern border is that illegal immigrants are just going around the wall that’s already there, which the New York Times so helpfully confirmed with this article:
In desperate bids to request asylum, families from Central America are crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in ever more remote locations. @viaSimonRomero and @itscaitlinhd report from Antelope Wells, New Mexico: https://t.co/brJxKq1nvH
— NYT National News (@NYTNational) January 31, 2019
And it does look like we’re back to calling it a wall now:
Large sections of WALL have already been built with much more either under construction or ready to go. Renovation of existing WALLS is also a very big part of the plan to finally, after many decades, properly Secure Our Border. The Wall is getting done one way or the other!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2019
Lets just call them WALLS from now on and stop playing political games! A WALL is a WALL!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2019
Yes, the media is going to love this:
Kellyanne Conway to @abbydphillip a week ago: “I’m asking why you and the polling questions, respectfully, are still saying ‘wall’ when the president said you can call it whatever you want.” https://t.co/WVu1gvfttD
— Dan Merica (@merica) January 31, 2019
It’s really not a head-scratcher at all:
— Abby D. Phillip (@abbydphillip) January 31, 2019
The New York Times also provided the president with this grim statistic out of Mexico:
With Murders up 33% in Mexico, a record, why wouldn’t any sane person want to build a Wall! Construction has started and will not stop until it is finished. @LouDobbs @foxandfriends
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 31, 2019
Fact-checkers hardest hit:
Murders did rise 33% last year, breaking a record for the second year running. https://t.co/6wWsiWeZDe https://t.co/UgCTPJgzR9
— Steve Herman (@W7VOA) January 31, 2019
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Related:
WATCH: Pelosi says ‘there’s not going go be any wall funding,’ Trump fires back https://t.co/wuCGfDS6Kz
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2019
HA! YES! Rep. Dan Crenshaw breaks out the puppets and crayons to SCHOOL Dems on how a wall works in 1 tweet https://t.co/4IxR2g8Nkv
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 31, 2019
OUCH! Larry Elder proposes alternate way to ‘pay for the wall’ (CNN hardest hit) https://t.co/h5cs5rT8d0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 28, 2019
