As the battle rages on between Republicans and Democrats over whether funding will be provided for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, one Democratic representative recently said he wants or would be fine with a “barrier of some type.”
Nassau County, New York Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi recently appeared on a local news interview along with fellow New Yorker, Republican Rep. Peter King. Discussing the border wall promised by President Donald Trump, both congressmen talked about the potential of striking a spending deal before another potential government shutdown on February 15.
Our "Democratic" Congressman @RepTomSuozzi says the pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants is "dangerous language" and wants a "barrier of some type." Suozzi makes @RepPeteKing look like a progressive. pic.twitter.com/HYUq1UTfIV
— Young Progressives of Nassau County (@YoungProgNassau) February 6, 2019
“Let’s sit down and try to negotiate a deal. Peter and I can negotiate this deal tomorrow,” Suozzi said, referring to Rep. King who was sitting to his right. “We’ve talked about this many times.”
“I have no problem with money for a barrier of some type,” Suozzi said. “Also radar and ports of entry and work customs officials and immigration judges and all the other stuff.”
Suozzi continued, “The Democrats have been trying to highlight… as well as, tie that with, some immigration reform. So we protect the Dreamers, we protect the temporary protective status folks. We protect more people.”
“Let’s have strong border security, finally, in America,” Suozzi said.
The news host interrupted to ask Suozzi, “Does it have to have a wall?”
“It has to have something. There’s 600 miles of barriers now,” Suozzi replied.
“Let’s have strong border security, finally, in America”
President Trump doubled down on his insistence on a border wall during his State of the Union address Tuesday night, even announcing that he had deployed troops to the U.S.’s southern border.
In December and January, the government shut down over border-wall disagreements. It was the longest shutdown in American history, lasting 35 days. If an agreement is not reached by February 15, the government is scheduled to shut down again.
“Now Republicans and Democrats must join forces again to confront an urgent national crisis,” Trump said in his State of the Union address Tuesday. “Congress has 10 days left to pass a bill that will fund our government, protect our homeland and secure our very dangerous southern border.”
Will Republicans and Democrats come together on this issue? At least one Democrat in New York seems to think border security matters.
If the government workers Do NOT March on Pelosi and Schumer and all those NOT wanting to Build the Walls to Protect Them and Us then Do NOT Feed them or give Money To Pay Their Bills…Let them Earn their Own Ways through this if they are not willing to March and Stop all of them doing this to America!
Government Workers that the Shut down of Government will Hurt….Please March on Pelosi and every person that is against the Border Wall and you will be able to continue to work and draw your checks if you MAKE Them Know You Are Not Supporting their Ugly Selves in NOT Building the Wall…Make them build the Wall..YOU are The Workers who should be able to get all of this Stopped NOW!
Suozzi must be one of the few that has brains!
Tom Suozzi–There’s a guy I could vote for!
I see ” EVA DRAUN ” PELOSI, HITLERS GIRL FRIEND, is finally bing accosted by one HONEST DUMBORAT! Time this ” DICTATOR ” IS REMOVED FROM THE RELIGOUS CHAIR OF THE HOUSE IN CONGRESS! She is screwing the whole COUNTRY ALONG WITH HITLER SCHUMER!
Pelosi needs to be stuffed and put in the Smithsonian for future generations of Americans to see an example of why we need term-limits.
My eaction is: Get that fat assed yammering pop up to hell off my screen !
It makes this site look like a vegetable huckster, or a “Tell ya what I’m gonna do”
street con man !
There is little more vexing than to have to watch some anus clone that you did not request.
as long as we get the wall, Pelosi and drop dead. she wanted this wall long ago, now the fight with trump over his win against Hillary the corrupt one she doesn’t want it, to bad you old hag, you know if Hillary won, we would be fighting a socialist house and president.
So all he has to do is be a congress person and vote his mind on the subject of the wall and anything else that comes up instead of a gang member of a communist cult. The people that voted for you I am sure they were thinking that you had a brain of your own and that you would use it for the good of America
June, are you possibly thinking of Joe Mansion of VA? Not sure of spelling. He’s the only one of late that seems to have a brain and common sense.
Last time, recently, two Democrats bucked Nancy Pelosi. She had them removed from every committee they served on and spread the word that that is what happens when you don’t go along with her.
Thank you, dear God – -finally, at least one democrat WITH a brain; guess that makes two, the other one is from VA, but, at the moment, I can’t remember his name!