Posted on 01/09/2019 7:20:32 AM PST by Navy Patriot
President Trump used his first-ever prime time address from the Oval Office on Tuesday night to make his case for funding a southern border wall -- as well as to emphasize the human cost of what he called the "growing humanitarian and security crisis" of surging illegal immigration.
The speech, which was followed moments later by a rebuttal from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, drew seemingly deep lines in the sand as Republicans and Democrats plan to meet Wednesday to continue negotiations to end the ongoing partial federal government shutdown over border wall funding, now in its third week. Trump has said the shutdown could last for "years" if no deal is reached.
Noting that "more Americans will die from drugs this year than were killed in the entire Vietnam War," the president, looking directly into the camera, called for closing the pipeline that permits "vast quantities of illegal drugs – including meth, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl" – to cross the border.
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Not thrilled with the title, but not bad overall.
WINNING!
Govt shut down for years!
WINNING!
Trump was Presidential and serious, Pelosi/Schumer were comical and juvenile - I’m sure they are hearing it from the media and their other supporters.
Not only that, but allowing these people to cross the border makes them instant felonious criminals.
A border wall, barrier, steel spikes...whatever you want to call it....is part of the solution. Build the damn walls.
Adding tech to it...is another part...
Telling Mexico to stop letting these caravans through is another part of it.
Take the aid normally going to those countries and build the "barriers".
Trump hit a home run here.
Side note to The Donald: Do these Oval Office addresses more often.
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