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McConnell: Wall Funding Would ‘Probably’ Have to Wait Until After Midterms
Breitbart ^ | Juy 30,2018 | Pam Key

Posted on 07/30/2018 12:24:20 PM PDT by Hojczyk

This weekend on WHAS Radio, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said border wall funding would “probably” have to wait until after midterms.

Sunday President Donald Trump’s tweet threatening a government shutdown if a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was not funded.

When asked if wall funding would have to wait until after the midterms, McConnell said, “Probably and that’s something we do have a disagreement on.”

When asked about a government shutdown McConnell said, “No, that’s not going to happen.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Florida; US: Kentucky; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2018election; 2018midterms; 2020election; arizona; buildthefence; buildthewall; california; daca; ditchmitch; dreamact; dreamers; election2018; election2020; florida; kentucky; mexico; mitchmcconnell; newmexico; newyork; texas
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To: Hojczyk

As in “Let’s kick the can down the road and hope the Dems take control of things so we don’t have to deal with it.”

Problem with that is when the GOP gains ground despite the best efforts of Ryan/McConnell to lose seats.


21 posted on 07/30/2018 12:33:23 PM PDT by astrodude
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To: Hojczyk

Why doesn’t Mcconnell just say it takes 60 votes and democrats won’t vote for it. That’s the truth.


22 posted on 07/30/2018 12:34:01 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: thesharkboy

Exactly


23 posted on 07/30/2018 12:34:02 PM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: Hojczyk

So, how much of that wall has gone up in 2 years anyway?


24 posted on 07/30/2018 12:34:28 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Hojczyk

Bush League Republicans think they can stall and wait out a four year term and get back to business as usual, importing cheap labor and betraying the citizens.


25 posted on 07/30/2018 12:34:53 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

Trump won’t do a thing but Twitter “Bad bad, sad sad”. Mega my butt.


26 posted on 07/30/2018 12:35:11 PM PDT by heights
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To: DoughtyOne

The judges are more important then the wall. Mcconnell has been excellent in that extremely important regard.


27 posted on 07/30/2018 12:35:25 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: chris37

Do you think we have 60 votes???? You are very naive to believe that.


28 posted on 07/30/2018 12:36:50 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Hojczyk

What an enemy of the people.


29 posted on 07/30/2018 12:37:01 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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Trump said after the Omnibus spending bill that he only signed that to fund our military, so why sign this?


30 posted on 07/30/2018 12:37:02 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: chris37

A new House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader would make a big difference > IMO.

Hopefully we’ll get the right ones in January.

Yes it is frustrating.

We’ve waited decades for a chance to get things back on track, and Tutor Turtle and Paul the Small, have almost totally muffed it.


31 posted on 07/30/2018 12:39:05 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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"McConnell: Wall Funding Would ‘Probably’ Have to Wait Until After Midterms"

No problem Mitch. With you and Ryan at the congressional helm, I wasn’t holding my breath.

After all, since we’ve been stuck with an anti-Trump, uniparty Congress left over from the lawless Obama Administration, Pres. Trump’s first two years in office are arguably for practice anyway. (Need to amend that Constitution for recall.)

But we’ll hopefully have a state sovereignty-respecting, Trump-supporting Congress after the midterm elections, a Congress that supports Trump’s vision for MAGA including the wall.

32 posted on 07/30/2018 12:39:13 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Parley Baer

“We” do not control Congress, the establishment does.
The Swamp draining is up to US.
We have to remove the Bush League Republicans from office, Trump can’t do that.

He laid it out in this speech:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szaKnOhJbow


33 posted on 07/30/2018 12:39:15 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Hojczyk

translation: Maybe by being deliberately obtuse I can get enough Democrats elected to make this a non-starter and never have to deal with it again.


34 posted on 07/30/2018 12:40:30 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Hojczyk
Failure to move on the wall undermines the very concept of an American future. Inaction is premised upon the fantasy that people are interchangeable, on the "let's pretend,' that the water or wind will somehow reorient people who have no demonstrated interest in preserving the values of the Funding Fathers, into American patriots. That is not what experience teaches!

An American Immigration Policy.

The point is not that those South of the border are bad people. Many of them are fine people--though certainly not all. But they have different priorities; different purposes in coming here; different aspirations. We on the other hand have limited space; limited resources (as does every people). And our first duty--our sworn duty--is to our own.

35 posted on 07/30/2018 12:42:08 PM PDT by Ohioan
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To: Hojczyk

Probably better to do so. Immigration is now the #1 issue, and the more the left screams about abolishing ICE, the more they alienate sane people.


36 posted on 07/30/2018 12:42:18 PM PDT by struggle
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To: Hojczyk

These STUPID IDIOTS think that postponing the wall is helping them??? This IS STRICTLY for their DONORS!!! I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if these IDIOTS didn’t lose the house AND senate they have absolutely NO CLUE as to what their VOTERS want!!! Problem is that they DONT CARE if we end up under DEM rule again they don’t care one way or the other!!! I just want to SCREAM!!!!


37 posted on 07/30/2018 12:43:45 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: napscoordinator

Then make it to where only 51 are needed.

I am not interested in excuses any longer.


38 posted on 07/30/2018 12:44:12 PM PDT by chris37 ("I am everybody." -Mark Robinson)
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To: napscoordinator

The best that can be said is that he has done his job, but he has also allowed the Democrats to drag their feet on many of Trump’s nominations. Are you aware one of Trump’s judicial nominations had to wait a full year to be approved? Did you know a number of them had to wait over six months?

Yes, I believe there have been some records set, but are you aware of the backlog McConnell still has?

He is dragging his feet, trying to kill time.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/377829-trump-hits-dems-on-record-number-of-unconfirmed-nominees

Trump has also had the smallest percent of nominees confirmed by the Senate at this point in his presidency, relative to recent predecessors. Only 57 percent of Trump’s nominees have been confirmed, below that of Presidents Barack Obama (67 percent), George W. Bush (78 percent), Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush (each with 81 percent).

https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2018/mar/16/donald-trump/why-trump-appointments-have-lagged-behind-other-pr/

McConnell allows the Democrats to pull all sorts of games to slow walk the process.

He has absolutely zero leadership skills.


39 posted on 07/30/2018 12:46:32 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs)
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To: Hojczyk
This is a huge amnesty and H Visas sell out bill.
Ryan has a massive Amnesty clause allowing millions to get amnesty and 200,0000 cheap labor visas .

This is Koch Bros Traitors and C of C amnesty treason.

Mitchy and Ryan are trying to corner Trump by pushing these sleazy
move .

Trump should not sign a thing .
Then veto the treason after the midterms .

40 posted on 07/30/2018 12:46:50 PM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists out themselves ever time)
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