The Republican party has a long, fear-mongering history around insisting that common sense gun law reform will mean that Democrats can come and take everyone’s guns. Now, they’re also warning that refusing to grant funding for a border wall means that Democrats will ban fences around individual homes.
"Holding the government hostage for a border wall isn't going to do anything to make the country safer, but it will make the immigration courts worse," Kate Voigt from @AILANational said.https://t.co/rjkc6Z6IYe
— Kate Smith (@byKateSmith) December 31, 2018
While continuing to tout Trump’s standoff with Democrats over funding for a border wall to keep brown people at the southern border out of the country, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared on Fox News to warn of all the dangerous Latino people that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has empathy for even though they’re coming to rape, pillage, and murder us all.
75% of the country does not want the government to shut down over this immoral wall… https://t.co/fTUfb6Uinc
— Jena Douglas (@jenadouglas) January 4, 2019
Fox & Friends host Steve Doocey mentioned that Pelosi recently called the building of that border wall to keep people seeking a better life for themselves and their children “immoral,” and asked Sanders if she thought Pelosi would say the same about a fence around people’s homes, because false equivalencies are Fox News’ friend. Sanders seized the opportunity.
‘That is a great question. I wonder if she will go on a crusade and take down all the fences and walls across this country? I certainly hope not. I’m sure the people that have them around their homes, that institutions that have them, the Vatican or anywhere else will not be real happy with the fact Nancy Pelosi is calling their walls and their security immoral. It has never been immoral to protect people. In fact, it is the absolute first duty that the president and Congress have is to protect the American people.’
Fighting against wasteful spending was a hallmark of the Republican party until Donald Trump came along with his demands for a $25 billion border wall that is unnecessary and will be an ineffective measure in implementing border security. Apparently, racism trumps fiscal conservatism these days.
We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with. Hard to believe there was a Congress & President who would approve!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2018
See the full segment below:
.@PressSec on Pelosi calling a wall "immoral": "I wonder if she will go on crusade to take down all the walls across this country? I hope not. People that have them around homes, institutions, the Vatican, anywhere else will not be happy w/Pelosi calling their security immoral." pic.twitter.com/27klirqkvK
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 4, 2019
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