Democrats and their allies in the liberal media have been freaking out after President Donald Trump pledged to build a border wall that will be paid for by Mexico.
Not only does the left decry the idea of building a border wall to keep out illegal immigrants, they have repeatedly scoffed at the idea of Mexico ever ponying up the billions of dollars needed to construct the wall.
Predictably, liberals took to Twitter after President Trump signed an Executive Order authorizing the construction of a border wall:
The adm that will rush to spend $20b on a border wall is cutting costs by rolling back an already paid for $5m Obamacare ad
— Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) January 27, 2017
#Trump‘s Wall on #Mexican border will damage #environment in ‘insane act of self-sabotage’ @montaukian @Independent https://t.co/T9K0H1XykM
— John Lloyd IV (@jalloyd4) January 27, 2017
‘Over my dead body’: tribe aims to block Trump’s border wall on Arizona land https://t.co/UhQ3P1s2pY
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 27, 2017
Unfortunately for liberals, history is not on their side. As The Daily Caller reminds us, the Obama administration was able to force Canada to pay for a $2 billion border bridge between the two countries.
And you never heard a single liberal EVER complain about it:
Canada agreed to pay for the new Detroit-Windsor bridge, U.S. customs building and the access roads around the bridge in 2015, according to The Globe and Mail. Ottawa failed to get the U.S. to pay for the $250 million customs building, and the Canadian government had already agreed to pay for 95 percent of the bridge’s costs. The bridge is scheduled to be finished in 2020.
In 2012, former Prime Minister Stephen Harper insisted the customs building was “the responsibility of the U.S. government.” Washington, D.C., only said the U.S. would operate and staff the building — not pay for it — and Canada caved.
Where was the outrage on the left when President Obama’s administration forced Canada to build a bridge between the two countries? Oh wait, there was none. Liberals know that President Trump is a skilled negotiator and they are likely terrified that he will be able to force Mexico to pay for a border wall, which is why they are so vehemently opposed to his plan.
They don’t want him to succeed. Unfortunately for them, he’s a winner!
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