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Sean Spicer clashes with press over definition of a wall
Source: The Guardian
Sean Spicer clashes with press over definition of a wall
White House press secretary faces challenge from journalists
over whether images showed walls or fences as he insists Trump
is fulfilling his promise
David Smith in Washington
Wednesday 3 May 2017 22.58 BST
When is a wall not a wall? When it’s a fence.
That was the question on many minds on Wednesday when Sean Spicer, the accident-prone White House press secretary, gave a presentation on border security with the aid of TV screens.
“This is what exists right now throughout our country,” he declared, gesturing towards four images of ageing, flimsy defences. “You see a place where cars can literally create little things and drive over. You’ve got places that can get burrowed under. That one they’ve created. That one doesn’t seem to be effective at keeping people in it.”
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The spending bill agreed by Congress until the end of September would allocate an additional $497.4m for procurement, construction and improvements, of which $341.2m is to replace about 40 miles of “border fencing” along the southwest border.
Spicer said: “We have a porous border right now with broken fences, things that can be cut through, places that can just literally be driven over. And to replace this with a 20ft high bollard wall will protect our country, something that the DHS [Department of Homeland Security] has designated the most effective way to do this. So that’s what we got out of this bill.”
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White House press secretary faces challenge from journalists
over whether images showed walls or fences as he insists Trump
is fulfilling his promise
David Smith in Washington
Wednesday 3 May 2017 22.58 BST
When is a wall not a wall? When it’s a fence.
That was the question on many minds on Wednesday when Sean Spicer, the accident-prone White House press secretary, gave a presentation on border security with the aid of TV screens.
“This is what exists right now throughout our country,” he declared, gesturing towards four images of ageing, flimsy defences. “You see a place where cars can literally create little things and drive over. You’ve got places that can get burrowed under. That one they’ve created. That one doesn’t seem to be effective at keeping people in it.”
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The spending bill agreed by Congress until the end of September would allocate an additional $497.4m for procurement, construction and improvements, of which $341.2m is to replace about 40 miles of “border fencing” along the southwest border.
Spicer said: “We have a porous border right now with broken fences, things that can be cut through, places that can just literally be driven over. And to replace this with a 20ft high bollard wall will protect our country, something that the DHS [Department of Homeland Security] has designated the most effective way to do this. So that’s what we got out of this bill.”
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/03/sean-spicer-border-wall-fence
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