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Only One House Republican Represents the Borderland, and He Opposes a Wall
NYT ^ | 1/17/19 | Emily Cochrane

Posted on 01/17/2019 8:10:41 AM PST by Blue House Sue

WASHINGTON — Along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico, which sprawls across four states and nine House districts, a single seat is held by a Republican: Representative Will Hurd of Texas.

And Mr. Hurd, a former undercover C.I.A. officer who barely won re-election in Texas’ 23rd District, the largest of the nine, has emerged as perhaps the most persistent critic in his party of President Trump’s wall.

Drawing upon his years undercover and his work in the private sector, Mr. Hurd has a starkly different vision for the southwestern border: fiber optic cables, sensors, radar, drones, increased staffing — but not the concrete or steel barrier that Mr. Trump has demanded before he reopens the government.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: 116th; bordersecurity; uniparty; willhurd
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1 posted on 01/17/2019 8:10:41 AM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

He’s worried about getting re-elected.


2 posted on 01/17/2019 8:12:33 AM PST by headstamp 2
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“He’s worried about getting re-elected.”

Exactly


3 posted on 01/17/2019 8:13:26 AM PST by JewishRighter
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To: Blue House Sue

Hurd the Turd


4 posted on 01/17/2019 8:13:30 AM PST by Blue House Sue
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Hurd knows better. They will disable sensors, shoot down drones and on and on.


5 posted on 01/17/2019 8:13:39 AM PST by amihow
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To: Blue House Sue

This nimrod thinks that whole SBI-net Boeing project just needs another chance.

6 posted on 01/17/2019 8:13:54 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Blue House Sue

So basically he works for the interests of government contractors.

Anything the next Obama can shut off isn’t going to work.


7 posted on 01/17/2019 8:14:14 AM PST by thoughtomator (Nobody is coming to save the day)
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To: Blue House Sue

How appropriate, his last name rhymes with TURD!


8 posted on 01/17/2019 8:14:20 AM PST by vette6387
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To: Blue House Sue

Hwill Hwurd


9 posted on 01/17/2019 8:14:29 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: Blue House Sue
A drone ain't gonna shoot you down. A camera ain't gonna get you....as you head for the bushes.

But a wall with clear space will expose you long enough to grab your little a**.

10 posted on 01/17/2019 8:15:15 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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So Hurd is in favor of a methodology that already has been tried and failed. Sounds more like a Dem to me.


11 posted on 01/17/2019 8:15:23 AM PST by dirtboy
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a former undercover C.I.A. officer

Deep Stater. Of course he opposes the wall.

12 posted on 01/17/2019 8:16:05 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy (I'd rather have one king 3000 miles away that 3000 kings one mile away)
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To: headstamp 2
He’s worried about getting re-elected.

Well, at this rate...he won’t.

13 posted on 01/17/2019 8:16:46 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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>>Mr. Hurd, a former undercover C.I.A. officer who barely won re-election in Texas’ 23rd District
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Explains it.


14 posted on 01/17/2019 8:16:47 AM PST by Kalamata (NEW! Pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXF4ySJ7Xyc&list=PLrCQerz2L0If_VT4tw73RjhG5tBjdZfZy&index)
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To: Blue House Sue

I knew this was Hurd the Turd before I even clicked on to thread.

He is an Open Borders hack whose campaign ads were paid for by COC.


15 posted on 01/17/2019 8:16:53 AM PST by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: dirtboy

Double agent working for the other side??


16 posted on 01/17/2019 8:18:39 AM PST by excalibur21
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To: headstamp 2

There’s a reason all the other districts are Democrat...


17 posted on 01/17/2019 8:19:00 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Blue House Sue
Drawing upon his years undercover and his work in the private sector, Mr. Hurd has a starkly different vision for the southwestern border: fiber optic cables, sensors, radar, drones...

I wonder what his private sector involvement was? Was he involved somehow with fiber optic cables, sensors, radar, or drones?

18 posted on 01/17/2019 8:26:30 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Fox News: "We distort, you deride")
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No doubt his residence is unlocked and stocked with appropriate food stuff, cash on the table, car keys in the ignition etc, etc. If not, stfu.


19 posted on 01/17/2019 8:28:58 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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“He’s worried about getting re-elected.”


This.

What he doesn’t realize is that if he actually spoke to a lot of his constituents, he’d understand that the illegals are depressing THEIR wages and job opportunities, and increasing crime in their neighborhoods. No one likes that, regardless of ethnicity (and a good percentage of them are Hispanic). But they have families, too, and hopes and dreams for themselves and their kids involving both safety and opportunity.

He’s just being lazy, and also being part of the Establishment. “Former CIA” screams “Deep State” to me.


20 posted on 01/17/2019 8:29:24 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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