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demmiblue

(36,751 posts)
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:41 PM Jan 2019

NEWS -- THE PRESIDENT has sent a letter to members of congress of both parties calling for...

NEWS — THE PRESIDENT has sent a letter to members of congress of both parties calling for a border wall.

“Walls work. That’s why rich, powerful, and successful people build them around their homes.”








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NEWS -- THE PRESIDENT has sent a letter to members of congress of both parties calling for... (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 2019 OP
Isn't that precious. Claritie Pixie Jan 2019 #1
And bless his little heart. WhiteTara Jan 2019 #11
If we're going to tax anything, it should be incorrectly capitalized words. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2019 #2
No way he wrote this letter, he can't concentrate long enough. redstatebluegirl Jan 2019 #3
It seems that much of it was written by Stephen Miller dalton99a Jan 2019 #8
Heard this on talk radio yesterday underpants Jan 2019 #4
I wish someone would point this out ScratchCat Jan 2019 #17
Looking for The Onion link... Croney Jan 2019 #5
Stephen Miller wrote that crap Docreed2003 Jan 2019 #6
Yep, verbatim regurgitation dalton99a Jan 2019 #9
"In Israel it is 99% effective"?.... ismnotwasm Jan 2019 #7
Doesn't that crayon-sized signature say it all. C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #10
I have 2 words for Don: ladder and tunnel. Vinca Jan 2019 #12
There's already a border and a dedicated police force who patrols it. NightWatcher Jan 2019 #13
Signature needs to be bigger. He should switch from Sharpies to Magic Markers. Miles Archer Jan 2019 #14
But he writes whole speeches with a Sharpie underpants Jan 2019 #18
...depth and severity of the humanitarian crisis - THAT THEY CREATED! chowder66 Jan 2019 #15
Barbed-wire signature tells all sorts of things empedocles Jan 2019 #16
Correct me if I am wrong jmowreader Jan 2019 #19
Trump's Turbineguy Jan 2019 #20

underpants

(182,279 posts)
4. Heard this on talk radio yesterday
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:44 PM
Jan 2019

“Why do you have fences? And doors? Do they work?...” local idiot. He went on to ask “why can’t strangers just come in your house, make a sandwich, and sit on your couch and watch your TV?”

This must be a thing in their world right now.

ScratchCat

(1,957 posts)
17. I wish someone would point this out
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:01 PM
Jan 2019

when these stupid comparisons are made:

Donald Trump proposed the wall as a symbol to Latino people to the south to "Go home, You are not Welcome Here". Nobody builds a fence around their house, or a stadium, or a government building as a symbol to a group of people to "keep out of OUR country".

Docreed2003

(16,817 posts)
6. Stephen Miller wrote that crap
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:45 PM
Jan 2019

That reads exactly like one of his diatribes that he delivers on the taking head shows

underpants

(182,279 posts)
18. But he writes whole speeches with a Sharpie
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:17 PM
Jan 2019

In a suit. At the concierge desk at Mar a lago


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chowder66

(9,011 posts)
15. ...depth and severity of the humanitarian crisis - THAT THEY CREATED!
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:57 PM
Jan 2019

They don't know what humanitarian means.

jmowreader

(50,453 posts)
19. Correct me if I am wrong
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 01:33 PM
Jan 2019

If I remember correctly, illegal immigration was lower under President Obama than under President Bush II, and it’s lower now than it was under President Obama because Obama’s downward trend continued. No wall was necessary. More enforcement agents and better electronics are necessary.

In basic training they teach you how to build obstacles, of which a border wall would be one. The first thing they tell you: these don’t work on their own. Without observers, dogs, mines and strong laws, the wall won’t work...and Trump doesn’t have the political capital to get away with hiring two million border guards or laying mines.

Trump’s using Israel’s Apartheid Wall as his proof walls work. Israel has a wall backed up by a law that throws illegals in prison for three years, and most of the immigration stopped before the Wall was up because of that law. You can build plenty of prisons for $5 billion.

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