Ordinarily, the president would trumpet such a trip in advance on Twitter to 88 million followers. But social media platforms have banned him since Friday, denying him of his favorite method of communicating with supporters and leaving the president to rely on allies to speak for him.
Trump campaign spokesman Hogan Gidley said the border wall is “one of the greatest achievements this president has had, [and] is making our country a safer place.
“He did that with a border wall,” Mr. Gidley said Monday on Fox News. “No one said it could be done. He was able to accomplish it.”
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“You want to play this game about what would have happened had the protesters had been Black? The likelihood is they would have pulled back even more, and the building would have been trashed more,” Mr. Elder said Friday on a podcast.
He cited studies, including three from Washington State University, showing that police are actually less likely to use force against Black suspects, a reverse-racism finding that has been attributed to fears about legal, social and media backlash.
“What happened was horrific enough without somehow playing a thought experiment of what would have happened if the protesters had been mostly Black,” Mr. Elder said.
“The events and concerns increasingly serve to divert attention and resources away from the important work of the department in this critical time of a transition of power,” Mr. Wolf wrote.
Just hours earlier, flexing his secretary’s powers, he had declared an early beginning to the special national security status surrounding the presidential inauguration. Democrats questioned the timing of his move, saying his legal position has been in doubt for some time.
“He has chosen to resign during a time of national crisis and when domestic terrorists may be planning additional attacks on our government,” said House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, Mississippi Democrat. “Unlike others, he is apparently not leaving the Trump administration on principle.”