Friday, MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough took aim at President Donald Trump for the partial government shutdown and his negotiation tactics for the southern border barrier. Scarborough claimed Trump has “cooked himself” and the Republican Party, adding members of the GOP on
The House Democrats’ proposed 2019 homeland security budget reopens the nation’s southern border to migrant inflows, while it also dangles the promise of cheap labor in front of GOP legislators and donors.
Politico’s White House reporter, Nancy Cook, came out with a curious article on Thursday, laying out how, with Congress unlikely to approve any funding for President Donald Trump’s planned border wall, he should instead go the route of a national emergency declaration, and that it is Breitbart News that has been leading the way in framing the argument for such a declaration.
Thursday on CNN’s “Newsroom,” host Brooke Baldwin got into a heated back-and-forth with Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) over the recent government shutdown. Baldwin asked, “From December 22 to just a couple of days ago when he finally reopened the government
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) says President Trump has the legal authority to build significant portions of a border wall without additional congressional authorization or declaring a national emergency.
“I don’t think they’re gonna make a deal. I see what’s happening,” Trump said. “If they’re not going to give money for the wall, then it’s not going to work, and if it’s not going to work, then the politicians are really wasting a lot of time.”
“You will have so many people coming into our country that Nancy Pelosi will be begging for a wall, she will say, ‘Mr. President, please, please give us a wall,'” Trump said.
Representative Conor Lamb (D-PA) on Thursday discussed the ongoing negotiations to secure the United States’ southern border. MSNBC “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist noted how Democrats have been for border security that did not include physical barriers. Lamb suggested “more
Thursday at her weekly press briefing, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) declared there was not going to be any wall money in the legislation that comes out of the ongoing bipartisan negotiations on funding for border security. When asked if
Wednesday on PBS’s “NewsHour,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) discussed ongoing negotiations between congressional Republicans and Democrats with the White House to avoid another government shutdown by the February 15 deadline. Capito explained how it came down to border security, and
On Wednesday broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Hannity,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) predicted the much-ballyhooed border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border would ultimately get built. Graham explained how the Trump administration arrived at the $5.7 billion price tag, noting it
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday gave victims of illegal alien crimes a bipartisan standing ovation on the floor of the chamber as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy read out the names of Americans killed by illegal aliens in a lengthy speech.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is calling on President Trump to immediately begin building a border wall along the United States-Mexico border by invoking the powers of the American military and Defense Department.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Wednesday that President Donald J. Trump ought to declare a national emergency as well as deploy the military to the southern border to save Americans lives.
Mothers from around the country gave their version of the State of the Union on Tuesday in Washington, DC, claiming the nation is “in peril.”
Ronna McDaniel, chairwoman of the Republican National Committee, slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for trekking out to Hollywood for the Grammys rather than staying in Washington to do her job as speaker of the House and negotiating an immigration deal that funds President Donald Trump’s planned wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.
President Donald Trump’s Super PAC America First Policies has launched a seven-figure ad buy targeting several top Democrats in Congress with a message from Angel Mom Michelle Root, whose daughter Sarah was murdered by an illegal alien in 2016.
Famed Major League Baseball player and civil rights icon Jackie Robinson was born 100 years ago on Thursday, and to celebrate his centennial, his daughter is urging a new generation to continue fighting for equal rights.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) said the immigration issue will become “the noose around” President Donald Trump’s neck. Partial transcript as follows: MITCHELL: now, at the same time, in the threat assessment that was given yesterday, there
Mark Meckler, president of Citizens for Self-Governance, told Breitbart News that 95 percent of Republican voters support President Trump using “emergency powers” to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall. He also warned that Trump support from Republican voters would collapse if he failed to build the wall.
A poll of 2,700 Trump voters shows that President Donald Trump will lose 43 percent of his base of support if a border wall is not built.
Three-quarters of Republicans support President Donald J. Trump declaring a national emergency to build a wall along America’s southern border, according to a poll released on Wednesday.
Appearing on the Fox News Channel Tuesday evening, Eric Trump told host Sean Hannity that he wants his father, President Donald Trump, to declare a national emergency to construct a U.S.-Mexico border wall if negotiations with Democrat leaders fail.
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos insisted on Tuesday that a border wall will not prevent illegal immigrants and drugs from entering the country and said Americans must accept that the U.S.-Mexico border is “nothing more than an invention.”
President Trump can build a border wall using the United States military to stop mass illegal immigration and drug trafficking without funding approval from Congress and without having to declare a national emergency.
House Democrats’ top lawmaker, Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), says he does not “expect” there to be a border wall funding deal reached that includes an amnesty for illegal aliens.
CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert told his audience on Monday that President Donald Trump’s negotiations with the Democrats to set aside money for border security is the very definition of “insanity.”
Tuesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) commented on President Donald Trump’s planned border wall, which the senator referred to as a “racist symbol” of the Trump administration. Merkley acknowledged the importance of barriers involving a fence and
Monday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said the recent government shutdown showed that President Donald Trump couldn’t “even keep the wheels on enough to keep this thing moving forward.” Partial transcript as follows: ODONNELL: Over the
Monday on MSNBC’s “Hardball,” former Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) turned “the screw just a little bit tighter” on President Donald Trump every day. Steele said, “Now he’s at a point where the opposition
The White House press secretary claims that conservatives “who actually have influence” don’t think President Trump caved on the shutdown.
Monday on CNN’s “The Situation Room,” Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) said it was “appalling” that President Donald Trump would even consider shutting down the government if no compromise is reached during the three-week extension. Hirono said, “We should be focusing
Close to 90 percent of American voters say they opposed a plan crafted by White House adviser Jared Kushner and a handful of Republican senators to grant amnesty to about 700,000 illegal aliens in exchange for securing a fifth of border wall funds.
The illegal alien accused of killing 22-year-old Pierce Corcoran in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been granted a $3,500 bond that could allow him to be released from prison while he awaits trial
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) joined a protest in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday to oppose President Donald Trump’s effort to build a border wall.
Monday on CNN’s “At This Hour,” former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH), also a political analyst for the network, said there would not be another government shutdown. Kasich said, “I think this is a lot of posturing right now. You’ve got these members of
On this weekend’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s ”Sunday Morning Futures,” Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), one of six Republican U.S. Senators to vote on separate proposals from both Democrats and Republicans to reopen the federal government, predicted President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump used an interview with the Wall Street Journal to downplay expectations that the 17-member bipartisan panel on border security will propose an amnesty-for-wall deal.
During the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, President Donald Trump’s support remained consistent across the country, according to a newly released poll.
Arizona ranchers on the southern border are again inviting Nancy Pelosi — including airfare and accommodation — to visit their locales.
