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Author Topic:   Will Trump fail to build "The Wall" if all 7 border Republican Reps oppose funding?
PaulK
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Message 8 of 62 (807161)
05-01-2017 8:43 AM
Reply to: Message 7 by Faith
05-01-2017 8:21 AM


Re: Two separate political worlds
I would suggest that the main problem is that there is little contact between your beliefs and reality.
For instance people may have voted for Trump for other reasons than the idea that he was going to build a hugely expensive wall, and somehow get Mexico to pay for it. To say that Trump voters agreed with all his policies is obviously wrong, they merely need to have preferred Trump to Clinton - and I remind you that he still got fewer votes than Clinton, even so.
In reality now that funding must be provided by the American tax-payers who can blame Republican Congressmen for being reluctant to foot the bill ? And given the disruption the wall would cause along the border it is understandable that those who represent the people who will be affected would have further objections.

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Message 11 of 62 (807165)
05-01-2017 8:52 AM
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05-01-2017 8:46 AM


Re: Two separate political worlds
And in saying that you just confirm my point. It is not as if I said anything that is not obviously true. If reality is "another dimension" you have a problem.
Here's something to think about. A good stretch of the border between the U.S. And Mexico runs down the middle of the Rio Grande. Where would the wall be built ?

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