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I have a different view than the president. >> thats not what he said though. thats not what he said, steve. >> i just said thats not what he said. im talking for me. its well worth it. why? because a wall will pay for itself incredibly quickly perhaps months given how much we spend on border enforcement and how much in economic vitality illegal immigration costs this country. if its important for mexico to pay for it. >> how does it pay for itself? >> explain, how does the wall pay for itself. ...

In the sense of border security much more than democrats seem to care about border security. we see this not only in their opposition to physical barriers, we see this in their tax on i.c.e., border enforcement. they just are not -- they dont look serious about border security. >> bret: why didnt that work for the midterms? why didnt it work in the districts that were suburbs outside of big cities? why didnt the issue work? obviously the president was heading it hard they lead up. >> there were ...

Understand trump wants more of those, but, dara, what are the biggest misconceptions, the biggest misinappropriateliers about the border as we go through this funding fight? >> i mean, i think that the debate over a border wall or not often takes place in this weird alternate reality where there is no border enforcement or there is perfect border enforcement everywhere. what the trump administration is actually asking for is 215 miles of balard fencing largely in the rio grande valley where ther...

Time to time, when the government closes. yeah, well, mr. congressman, lady congressman, you get your chuc check, youre going to have a wonderful christmas. and youre going to have your health care. the callousness with which we treat our fellow americans, is really repugnant. >> whats the brass tax here. what would you have to give to get it done? >> we already said they could have a couple billion dollars in border enforcement. smart border enforcement. border enforcement thats going to help k...

Have members of the republican party in the house saying, well, you know, those government employees, it comes with the territory, when they take a government job that they should expect to be on furlough from time to time, when the government closes. yeah, well, mr. congressman, lady congressman, you get your check, youre going to have a wonderful christmas. and youre going to have your health care. the callousness with which we treat our fellow americans, is really repugnant. >> whats the bras...

24 hours, deciding that probably, politically and on principle, he needs to fight for the well? >> again, he had a campaign promise that he cared very deeply about a border wall, and it keeps on getting kicked down the road. i think it is important to fight, even important from a bipartisan -- we have a bipartisan problem with democrats and republicans avoiding dealing with serious issues on border security and border enforcement. it is good for the country to deal with it. they always seem to h...

The president enforcement slush fund as he called it? >> leader mcconnell proposed the bipartisan senate dhs bill which has 1.6 billion for border security plus a 1 billion-dollar slush fund for the president to use for his radical immigration agenda. i called leader mcconnell and told him we would not accept their 1 billion-dollar slush fund and that our offers to fund the government remain. >> tucker: dont take those words the wrong way. the problem democrats have is with border enforcement. t...

Opposed a proposal to give the president enforcement "slush fund," as he called it? >> leader mcconnell proposed the bipartisan senate dhs bill, which has 1.6 billion for border security plus a 1 billion-dollar slush fund for the president to use for his radical immigration agenda. i called leader mcconnell and told him we would not accept their 1 billion-dollar slush fund, s and that our offers to fund the government remain. >> tucker: dont take those words the wrong way. the problem democrats ...

And schumer and saying its worth shutting down for. i would be proud to shut down the government over it but now the white house is saying yeah, we will see. maybe we will look for some money some place else. it looks like the republicans in congress have talked him out of shutting down the government. >> his gut instincts were right last week and i hope he holds firm to that. >> reallocating funds to pay for wall. im not against that if we need a government shut down in order to show this count...

On the other hand, the president understands the politics of the republican base when appreciates him fighting for what he promiseed to do in the campaign. >> shannon: he made this promise over and over again and still does at rallys. >> its one of his signature issue. thats what he began his presidential campaign with. i think chuck is right. this has been a curveball for republicans. the problems with border enforcement and security they developed in a bipartisan fashion. both parties have an ...