House Republicans are going to try to pass a bill to fund Trump’s border wall next week over the objections of a majority of Americans.
House Republicans are considering passing a stopgap spending bill that provides $5 billion for Trump’s border wall, essentially daring Senate Democrats to accept it or face the fallout of any funding lapse next week, according to multiple GOP sources.
But Democrats — and some Republicans — aren’t taking the gambit seriously after Trump boasted that he’d be “proud†to shut down the government over his wall demands during an extraordinary Oval Office clash with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Tuesday.
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House Republicans are claiming that they have the votes to get Trump his wall money, but House Republicans claiming that they have votes that they don’t really have has become a regular occurrence over the past seven years. Even if House Republicans do sneak the bill through, it will die in the Senate, as the Republican dare to Chuck Schumer and Senate Democrats is actually a suicide mission.
The American people oppose the wall. Republicans in Congress oppose the wall. It is viewed as a giant waste of time and money. Drug smugglers love the idea of Trump’s wall because they view it as a distraction that will make it easier to bring drugs into the United States.
Trump screwed Republicans on this one. If Senate Democrats reject funding for the wall, they will be viewed as heroes by most of the country, as Trump has already claimed ownership of the government shutdown.
By trying to fund the wall, Republicans are only digging their hole deeper. The wall isn’t happening. Trump handed Democrats an early Christmas gift by creating a political crisis for Republicans in Congress.
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Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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