Henry Rodgers on January 10, 2019
Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham said it is time for President Donald Trump to use emergency powers to build a wall or barrier on the southern border Thursday evening.
As Trump traveled to the southern border to meet with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials to discuss border security, Graham has been trying to lobby members of Congress to come to an agreement on a bill that would fund the government and protect the borders.
“Speaker Pelosi’s refusal to negotiate on funding for a border wall/barrier — even if the government were to be reopened — virtually ends the congressional path to funding for a border wall/barrier,” Graham said in a Thursday statement.
“It is time for President Trump to use emergency powers to fund the construction of a border wall/barrier,” he continued. “I hope it works.”
A group of Republican senators gathered in Graham’s office Wednesday afternoon to discuss an immigration deal to end the partial shutdown.
In the meeting there were reportedly five Republican senators, including Sens. Rob Portman of Ohio, Susan Collins of Maine, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Graham of South Carolina. Graham called the group together to figure out a “reasonable compromise” regarding funding a border wall and reopening the government, according to Portman.
“He’s trying to do the same thing that all of us are trying to do, which is find a reasonable compromise on moving forward to securing the border and getting government reopened,” Portman said about Graham to Politico. “We’re still just talking.”
Trump warned Democrats he might declare a national emergency if they cannot come to an agreement soon.
the wall stops future democrat voters, poor impoverished people totally dependent on government, black America is waking up and democrats are in panic mode. Couple this with the possibility RBG resigning or passing away and panic turns to blood shed,,,cities will burn.
Build the wall. Donald J. Trump is the duly elected 45th president of the United States. Charge Schumer and Pelosi with and find them guilty of subversion. Another first for our President… actually holding Democrats guilty for what they’ve done.
Just build the damn thing, once its up and doing what its supposed to do, they’ll take credit for it, just like the economy.
Build the wall…ignore the Demonrats…
Democrats are holding American citizens hostage to violent crime & drugs by ILLEGALS who abuse our laws to fight deportation. Our neighborhoods and communities are suffering a surge in crime as a result. That’s TYRANNY and TREASON.
This is the issue: Do we believe in our capacity for self-government, or do we abandon the American Revolution and acknowledge that a few intellectual elites in a far distant capital can plan our lives for us better then we can ourselves? We are not ignorant citizen incapable of determining what is best for ourselves. Nor are we blind to the flagrant misuse by, and inappropriate conduct of our elected public leaders. All leaders must be held completely accountable for their actions that break the laws which we have established by our legislators and mandated by the will of the people. The moral and ethical corruption must not be allowed to continue and unchallenged and it must be punished to the fullest extent of our laws so that the world will see that the government of the United States is still responsible and answerable to, We the people!
High crimes and misdemeanors Traders Of the United States The charge of high crimes and misdemeanors covers allegations of misconduct peculiar to officials, such as perjury of oath, abuse of authority, bribery, intimidation, misuse of assets, failure to supervise, dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming, and refusal to obey a lawful order.