Happy first 100 days, President Trump.
Republican Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) said on Fox Business News Wednesday that building a wall from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security.
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“I’ve been pretty clear on this idea of a wall, building a wall from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security,” Rep. Hurd said.
“I spent nine and a half years as an undercover officer in the CIA chasing terrorists all over the world, nuclear weapons proliferators,” the Texas Republican explained. “And I have 820 miles of the border, more border than any other member of Congress. We need to be using additional technology and more manpower on the border you can’t have a one size fits all solution for the border.”
So not only is Trump not getting Mexico to pay for his wall, and now not shutting government down to get the USA taxpayers to pay for his wall, but he is also chasing a pipe dream of a solution that isn’t even effective. Even a Texas Republican knows Trump’s wall isn’t a good plan.
The Wall does have that Trump touch, though — it sounds great, costs a lot, and doesn’t actually work.
Image: Fox Business News, screen cap
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