Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said “open up the government and we will negotiate.” She fooled the American people.
During a press briefing on Thursday, Pelosi point blank said, “there’s not going to be any wall money in the legislation.”
President Trump is not playing around when it comes to the the safety of border security. And his top priority as Commander in Chief, as promised, is building the wall.
(Related: Pelosi Says ‘There Will Be No Wall Funding,’ Trump Fires Back: ‘[She] Will Be Begging For A Wall’)
With the government funded through February 15th, that means another shutdown is just a couple weeks away, and if a deal can’t be made, the President said “it’s within his power to call a national emergency.”
Pelosi will get nothing for her base, but President Trump will get the wall. Further, the President can enact 10 U.S.C. § 284 as Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) brought up on the House floor this week. (Related: While Grilling A Defense Official, Rep. Proves How To Build A Wall Without Congress Or Nat’l Emergency)
Reactions followed after Pelosi’s remarks:
Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) took to twitter and asked, “Are the 60+ Democrats who promised their constituents that they’d negotiate on a physical barrier as part of border security once the government reopened going to stand up to Nancy Pelosi? Or will they cave to her open borders agenda?”
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) ripped democrats and said, “Amazing. Hardly 24 hours in to conference talks and Speaker Pelosi announces “no wall money” in a bill. This is a total and open refusal to even negotiate on something fundamental to a secure border. Stop pretending Democrats are negotiating. Democrats aren’t even pretending.” (Continued Below)
Meadows added, “Democrats applaud Obama for secretly going around Congress and sending $1.8 billion to Iran, yet they threaten to sue POTUS for using executive action to protect American families. Blatant politics. They didn’t negotiate during the shutdown and are hardly pretending to now.”
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) declared, “Largest fentanyl bust in history. Border Patrol seized enough fentanyl to kill 57 MILLION people. That’s more than the population of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Minnesota, and Iowa. COMBINED. We have a crisis on our southern border.”
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said, @speakerpelosi continually refuses to do her job and face the facts about the humanitarian crisis at our border. I’m on my way to get an update from the border patrol on the front lines. All the political theater makes one thing clear: #PelosiDoesntCare”
Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) wrote, “In Rio Grande Valley sector today at the southern border. Brownsville area has 35 miles of fencing and accounts for 6% of illegal apprehensions. McAllen, 45 minutes to the west, has sparse fencing and accounts for 94% of illegal apprehensions. But walls don’t work, right?”
Official Tweets:
Are the 60+ Democrats who promised their constituents that they’d negotiate on a physical barrier as part of border security once the government reopened going to stand up to Nancy Pelosi? Or will they cave to her open borders agenda? https://t.co/6VqyU3I5Xz
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) January 31, 2019
No funding for wall = no DACA & no TPS.
What a great place, the Congress.
Mr. President, use your powers as Commander in Chief to build wall/barriers – apparently your only option.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) January 31, 2019
Amazing. Hardly 24 hours in to conference talks and Speaker Pelosi announces "no wall money" in a bill. This is a total and open refusal to even negotiate on something fundamental to a secure border.
Stop pretending Democrats are negotiating. Democrats aren't even pretending.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) January 31, 2019
Democrats applaud Obama for secretly going around Congress and sending $1.8 billion to Iran, yet they threaten to sue POTUS for using executive action to protect American families. Blatant politics.
They didn't negotiate during the shutdown and are hardly pretending to now.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) January 31, 2019
(Continued Below)
Largest fentanyl bust in history. Border Patrol seized enough fentanyl to kill 57 MILLION people.
That’s more than the population of Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Minnesota, and Iowa. COMBINED.
We have a crisis on our southern border.
— Rep. Jim Jordan (@Jim_Jordan) January 31, 2019
.@speakerpelosi continually refuses to do her job and face the facts about the humanitarian crisis at our border. I’m on my way to get an update from the border patrol on the front lines. All the political theater makes one thing clear: #PelosiDoesntCare pic.twitter.com/S708dU1CXx
— Rep. Chip Roy (@RepChipRoy) January 31, 2019
In Rio Grande Valley sector today at the southern border.
Brownsville area has 35 miles of fencing and accounts for 6% of illegal apprehensions.
McAllen, 45 minutes to the west, has sparse fencing and accounts for 94% of illegal apprehensions.
But walls don’t work, right?
— Rep. Dan Crenshaw (@RepDanCrenshaw) January 31, 2019
We leave with Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) tweet:
When @SpeakerPelosi finally introduces her immigration plan: pic.twitter.com/cEaCBnEieo
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) January 31, 2019
Did anyone, with the exception of a few naive Republicans, believe that Pelosi would really negotiate in good faith, after the government was reopened? Anyone?
(Related Article: With Only 2.5 Wks Until Another Potential Shutdown, Gaetz RIPS Absent Congress: ‘Put It On The Floor!’)
