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2011: Obama mocks GOP, jokes they want border moat
Link to tweet
Jon Favreau ✔ @jonfavs
This was literally a joke that Obama used in 2011 to mock Republicans on border security: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-mocks-gop-jokes-they-want-border-moat/ …
Obama mocks GOP, jokes they want border moat
President says his administration has done what Republicans want to secure the border - but speculates they will move the goalposts
Brandon Wall ✔ @Walldo
NYT: "Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html …
NYT: "Privately, the president had often talked about fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/us/politics/trump-border-wars.html …
6:20 PM - Oct 1, 2019
Obama was a prescient POTUS!
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