President trump On Border Wall & "Democrat Shutdown" At the First
Step Act Bill Signing. President Trump on Friday scoffed at reports
that Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) may be mulling a White House run in
2020. “I thought you were supposed to win before you run for president,”
Trump told reporters after meeting with Republican senators to
negotiate a government funding bill. The president was congratulating
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) for his victory over O'Rourke, though the
campaign was much more competitive than expected.
President Donald Trump is standing by his border sec. demand after some
public pressure over the spending bill. Despite his comments last week,
Trump is now saying Democrats will be to blame for a shutdown if it
happens, and he has publicly encouraged Mitch McConnell to pursue the
nuc.. option.
“It’s really up to the Democrats. Totally up to the Democrats as to
whether or not we have the shutdown,” he said in comments to reporters
today. “It’s possible that we’ll have a shutdown. I would say the
chances are probably very good because I don’t think Democrats care so
much about maybe this issue, but this is a very big issue.”At issue is
$5 Billion in funding the White House is requesting for a border wall
that was so central to his run for president. A promise made, but thus
far not a promise kept.
After publicly taking credit for a looming government shutdown in a very
public Oval Office spat with Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Chuck
Schumer (D-NY), President Trump once again tried to blame the
Congressional Democrats for shutting down the government.
“We need border sec. and the Republicans and the Senate as you know are
taking it up today,” Trump said, adding “It’s really up to the
Democrats.”
He then added, “Totally up to the Democrats as to whether or not we have
the shutdown.”
Later he offered ” I don’t think Democrats care so much about this
issue,” and “It’s up to the Democrats.”
He also said, “It’s really the Democrat shut down,” and later, “Now it’s
up to the Democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown tonight.”
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VETERAN'S "GOFUNDME" RAISES OVER $5.5 MILLION IN 3 DAYS TO BUILD THE BORDER WALL _______________________________________________________________
House Approves $5.7 Billion for Trump's Border Wall. Now Goes to Senate. Cloture?
"WE THE PEOPLE WILL FUND THE WALL":
Americans – by the tens of thousands – take border security matters into their own hands
BY ADAN SALAZAR
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
A GoFundMe campaign
started by a Purple Heart recipient has accumulated over $5.5 million
in donations going toward building a wall on the southern U.S. border
with Mexico.
The “We The People Will Fund the Wall” campaign is making headlines across the country as more and more Americans donate to help reach $1 billion, which triple-amputee veteran Brian Kolfage says will “100%” go toward funding President Trump’s long-promised border wall.
“We have contacted the Trump Administration to secure a point of contact where all the funds will go upon completion. When we get this information secured we will update. We have many very high level contacts already helping,” Kolfage explains in his GoFundMe post.
“The government has accepted large private donations before, most recently a billionaire donated $7.5 Million to fund half of the Washington Monument repairs in 2012; this is no different,” says Kolfage, who lost his limbs during an Operation Iraqi Freedom mission in 2004.
If the goal is not reached, Kolfage says all money will be refunded: “If we don’t reach our goal or come significantly close we will refund every single penny. We are working on a time frame to achieve.”
The viral campaign has been shared over one million times.
The grassroots effort comes as President Trump vows to keep grappling with Democrats and RINOs in Congress to secure funding for the wall, with many supporters urging him to veto any year-end spending package that does not include wall funding.
When I begrudgingly signed the Omnibus Bill, I was promised the Wall and Border Security by leadership. Would be done by end of year (NOW). It didn’t happen! We foolishly fight for Border Security for other countries - but not for our beloved U.S.A. Not good!
The Democrats, who know Steel Slats (Wall) are necessary for Border Security, are putting politics over Country. What they are just beginning to realize is that I will not sign any of their legislation, including infrastructure, unless it has perfect Border Security. U.S.A. WINS!
