rightwinger
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I guess you just weren't listening. Trump said he wanted to build a smart fence just like the fence Israel built on its border with Egypt that stopped tens of thousands of Africans from crossing that border illegally. Obama had thought that was a great idea back in 2013, probably because no one told him the model for the fence he endorsed came from Israel, and Clinton who later said, "I want to build bridges not walls," was especially saddened that Schumer's smart fence had not been built but was outraged that Trump wanted to build it while saving taxpayers $19 billion than the Dems would have charged them. Not one honest word from any Democrat in Congress in over 2 1/2 years; why should anyone believe anything they say now?Smart Fence?What wall? Trump is building smart fence, the same smart fence the Democrats wanted to build in 2013 and the same smart fence Hillary lamented hadn't yet been built in her 2015 book, Hard Choices. The difference between the Dems proposal to build the fence and Trump's is that Schumer's bill would have spent $44 billion to build it and Trump says he can do it for $25 billion. Democrats who wanted to spend $44 billion now say $25 billion is too much.Meaning the usually lie to voters during the primaries.Dems usually move to the center for the General Election
This year will be no different.
Who is going to pay for the wall?
I donât remember a smart fence when Trump was campaigning
Iâm going to build a Smart Fence and MEXICO is going to pay for it!
Nope, donât remember
AP fact check: Trump's shift on a concrete border wall
For example, in a Jan. 18, 2016, speech in New Hampshire, Trump said: âNo windows, no nothing, precast concrete going very high. Letâs see about concrete going very high.â
In an Aug. 11, 2016, speech in Florida, he said, âThe politicians would come up to me, and theyâd say, âYou know, Donald, you canât build the wall.â I said, âYou have to be kidding. You have to be kidding. Concrete plank, you have to be kidding. Precast, precast, right? Boom. Bing. Done. Keep going.'â
He referred again to a concrete wall in a Jan. 11, 2018, interview with the Wall Street Journal, even while signaling those plans might change, saying: âIf you have a wall this thick and itâs solid concrete from ground to 32 feet high, which is a high wall, much higher than people planned. You go 32 feet up and you donât know whoâs over here. Youâre here, youâve got the wall, and thereâs some other people here. âŠI can understand why I have to have see-through.â
And as recently as Dec. 31, Trump suggested a concrete wall was still being considered, tweeting, âAn all concrete Wall was NEVER ABANDONED.â