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More than half of voters are in support of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a new poll found. The new Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday found that 52 percent of voters are in support of building the wall along the border. This poll comes just weeks after the Biden administration announced it would waive 26 federal…
And who were very naive about how things would play out politically. >> what about the politics of the shutdown, jeff? we know it hurt the president. i was read oefg the weekend that mark meadows says that building a wall is really key to trump's base looking ahead to 2020. obviously the mueller investigation. that could have a real impact on trying to get through the primariment and now some republicans are courting others to challenge him. how likely is that that he faces a primary challenge sner. >> well, i think that's a little unlikely at this point. i've been talking to iowa reasons out ...
And racism has gone largely ignored by his colleagues in congress. but this time there seemsed to be a lot of hang ringing. from south carolina senator, tim scott, the one black republican member of the senate caucus. he wrote an op-ed saying quote some in our party wonder why republicans are constantly accused of racism. it's because of our silence when things like this are said. and remember the republican party shut down of the government is over steve king's signature policy idea, building a wall. in fact he called it the king wall on the house floor in 2006. >> i'm going toing do the 2:00...
It's okay with me. they can name it whatever they can name it peaches. i don't care what they name it. >> so republicans are now so trapped by how manifestly dumb this whole thing is that they're begging donald trump to do something even dumber. today that very same lindsey graham tweeting again quote mr. president, declare a national emergency now. build a wall now. we've entered a frankly pathetic phrase in which they're clammering to give away their power in congress because they cannot admit the emperor has no clothes. his bill passed yesterday in the senate and today in the house. first l...
Rr saying i'm a veteran, i fought for this country and for you to tell me if american citizens that you're not going to pay me, i'm very upset. >> all of that is crecanating increased political pressure on a republican party desperate to end the shutdown and too cowardly to cross the president on this signature idea that, by the way, they all know is dumb. you know they think it's dumb because from the moment he announced he would build a wall, this is what they said. >> the tragedy of this though is there's not going to be a wall built and mexico's not going to pay for it. >> i'm not going to...