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For it. i mean, he owns this. hes on video saying, you know, such. and its hard to see how -- i hate the phrase america first, anyway, frankly. but its hard to see how this is putting america first when you have american workers being held hostage over $5 billion border security wall that is not necessary, that is only a gift to a base based on appealing -- appealing to our worst angels. the president going on camera talking about, you know, how we dont want them in this country, this demonizati...

Could reconcile those two bills? do you think there will be enough democrats in the senate that maybe they cut a couple billion dollars after it and the president says thats good enough? >> they were there a few weeks ago. they had some restrictions placed on different things. they were there a few years ago. certainly a few years ago they were. a number voted to support a border security wall. you want to deal with the drug and human trafficking and gang problem build the border security wall a...

Congress, why now? like two years later? >> you are right, we should have done it earlier, we should have done it on march with the big spending bill, we told the american people we would. then december, didnt do it, then we said we we will do it r summer 21st, we did it tonight in the house. just a few minutes ago, it passed, even though last week in the oval office, nancy pelosi said the house cant get people to past a border security wall, funding for a border security wall, we just did a few...

Ask why it didnt happen.or you are absolutely right, it should have happened, you would have preferred for it to happen earlier. >> of course, right. >> tucker: but it didnt, but that means people prevented it. speaker ryan was one of them. who else? so the rest of us can keep score. >> to do something that really counts and has lasting value and meaning is never easy. so anything worth doing is always difficult, but congress always has a way of trying to take the least resistant route and do th...

Now here we have a simple $5 billion for a border security wall that we know works, that is common sense, and they wont support this. again it comes back theyre more focused on stopping the president than helping the country. lets help the country. were willing to work with them. lets come together and build a border security wall and fulfill a fundamental promise we made to the american people that we know will help the situation on our southern border. >> congressman jim jordan. thanks for spe...

Hours of the republican congress, why now? like two years later? >> you are right, we should havg done it earlier, we should have done it on march with the big spending bill, we told the american people we would. then december, didnt do it, then we said we will do it on december 21st, we did it tonight in the house. just a few minutes ago, it passed, even though last week in the oval office, nancy pelosi said the house cant get the votes to pass a border security wall, funding for a border secur...

And replacing obamacare and building a border security wall. at the end of the day, we have been pushing, and like i said, we just passed a bill that puts $5 billion for border security wall, and that is a good first step. >> tucker: amen to that. congressman, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: a former chief counsel to the democratic side of the house judiciary committee, a long time guest on the show. thank a s a lot for coming on. its pretty late in the process, this is not goi...

At the end of the day, we have been pushing, and like i said, we just passed a bill that puts $5 billion for border security wall, and that is a good first step. >> tucker: amen to that. congressman, thank you for coming on. >> thank you. >> tucker: a former chief counsel to the democratic side of the house judiciary committee, a long time guest onh the show. thanks a lot for coming on. its pretty late in the processt this is not going to happen, democrats will say -- pelosi will say we made goo...

Legitimate concerns for bored e -- border security. we want to keep the government open but we also want an agreement to protect the border. >> tor >> this morning the president said "when i begrudgingly signed the ominous bill, i was promised the wall and bored are security by leadership would be done by the end of the year. it didnt happen." house conservatives are urging trump to get something done now before democrats take over the house next month. >> youve got to be kidding me. really? feb...

Border wall in there, right, and the administration decided to take it out because if probably would have blown up the deal at the end of the day. they didnt want to the scuttle this important peeves legislation. my point is there are other vehicles the president could try to attach this to. they will be moving down and moving in the future as well. >> you talked about president trump being all over the map and giving mixed signals. not clear from speaker ryans statement whether the president si...