But service members and their families are? The f*ck you say!
NEW: Sec of Defense Esper is notifying congressional leaders that the Pentagon will move $3.6B in military construction projects to pay for Trump's border wall.— Laura Litvan (@LauraLitvan) September 3, 2019
Chuck Schumer says projects in NY among those affected, including work at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. pic.twitter.com/rOjPXUXz1a
Honestly just disgusting. Military housing is falling apart. Bases were damaged in hurricanes. So, they take needed money to build a couple of miles of useless fence. Its a travesty. https://t.co/ahzFY2DgLM— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) September 4, 2019
Trump promised Mexico would pay for his wall.— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) September 4, 2019
He didn't say military families would pay. Or the cadets at West Point. Or that we'd pay in military readiness.
No, he promised taxpayers would never pay the bill for his xenophobic vanity project.
Promises made. Promises broken. https://t.co/MHLxVqGCeg
“We are going to build a wall. And who is going to pay for it? American service members and their families!” is a terrible, terrible slogan.— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) September 3, 2019
Those oldies but goodies --
reminder pic.twitter.com/cBNDFF7jFT— shauna (@goldengateblond) January 10, 2019
2 comments:
Anyone with a functioning brain knew from the campaign that Trump was never going to get Mexico to pay for the wall. It was a red meat banquet for Trump followers and while he doesn't claim that Mexico will pay anymore, he still brags about the wall being built. Again, his core voters don't care where the money comes from; they believe he's fulfilling his promise to Keep America White, and he's sticking it to the Dems, who Don't Love Freedom.
He's determined to get his way, no matter how wrong he is or who gets hurt in the process. He sees it as being a wily businessman and outsmarting the Dems. He thinks he's entitled to do whatever he wants by virtue of his presidency. And no one seems able to stop him.
Since we seem to be relegated to holding our breath and crossing our fingers until next November, there won't be much done to prevent his theft of funds, but we have to continue our opposition to his outlandish power plays.
donnah -- studies have shown red hats react to Trump pretty much how you've described it. They like the chaos and the destructive lies because they think it rattles "the establishment." They're less concerned about the wall than Trump is; he sees it as not just a "promise kept," but as a lasting legacy, as something tangible that Mr. Builder can point to in the future along with his crappy hotels and golf resorts.
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