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riversedge

(69,731 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:06 PM Jan 2019

I do not like the sound of Coons saying this at all........

I disagree with him. A Wall is a Wall.





Coons: Trump's steel-slat proposal is 'progress' toward ending shutdown


https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/07/trump-government-shutdown-border-wall-steel-slats-congress-1083365

By CAITLIN OPRYSKO

01/07/2019 09:06 AM EST


Sen. Chris Coons said Monday that President Donald Trump's shift from insisting on a concrete wall along the U.S.-Mexico border to a steel slat barrier marks a "minor but important" step towards compromise on solving the ongoing government shutdown.

Coons (D-Del.), in an interview with Fox News's "Fox & Friends," urged the president to stick with his proposal, made to Democrats over the weekend alongside additional funding for other needs at the southern border. The lawmaker called the idea “a minor but important difference in technology,” with the caveat that Trump has at times been inconsistent in his demands and rhetoric on the issue.


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“A fourth century concrete wall that you can't see through will be a less effective border barrier,” Coons said Monday, noting that the president is seeking additional wall funding even as his administration has yet to exhaust money already appropriated by Conrgess.

“I am someone who is willing to see more border fencing as long as we choose a technology that DHS says is going to be effective and I do think his moving towards steel slats rather than concrete wall, if it holds, is important.”......
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I do not like the sound of Coons saying this at all........ (Original Post) riversedge Jan 2019 OP
Concrete or steel, it's still stupid. C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #1
we don't need any dealmakers on our side helping Trump sell his racist hook bigtree Jan 2019 #2
Dammit to hell. WTF!!!! We don't need a MOTHERFUCKING wall!! Ferrets are Cool Jan 2019 #3
Nancy said NO Fucking Wall montanacowboy Jan 2019 #4
An important point to remember PJMcK Jan 2019 #6
So is he one of the 15 dems that tried to fight against Pelosi? Mystery sage Jan 2019 #5
Coons isn't in the House Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2019 #8
The material is not the issue here Blue Owl Jan 2019 #7

Ferrets are Cool

(21,064 posts)
3. Dammit to hell. WTF!!!! We don't need a MOTHERFUCKING wall!!
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:16 PM
Jan 2019

I know we are not supposed to be critical of Dems here, sooooooooooooooooooooo I am biting my tongue bloody.

montanacowboy

(6,053 posts)
4. Nancy said NO Fucking Wall
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:17 PM
Jan 2019

Coons what don't you get about that

I had to turn him off - he is NOT what Dems need at this time
Remember his best buddy is the Flake

PJMcK

(21,922 posts)
6. An important point to remember
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:40 PM
Jan 2019

Coons is a Senator. Speaker Pelosi runs the House and has no authority over him.

Nonetheless, Senator Coons is wrong.

Blue Owl

(49,939 posts)
7. The material is not the issue here
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 03:18 PM
Jan 2019

The morality, practicality, and (in)effectiveness of said wall are the issues.

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