Barely 24 percent of congressional Republicans say they endorse funding Trump's racist wall

[Judi Lynn]

By Gabe Ortiz
Wednesday Sep 20, 2017 · 1:30 PM CDT

DHS has declared the US/Mexico border more secure than ever (thanks, Obama), but that hasn’t stopped Donald Trump from insisting that we still need a racist wall that Mexico will never, ever fucking pay for. Basically the only thing as unpopular as Trump and Trumpcare are hemorrhoids and the wall itself, a fact captured by USA Today in a recent survey of 534 members finding that barely 24 percent of congressional Republicans outright endorse funding this border monstrosity (though hemorrhoids wasn’t polled). “Only 69 of the 292 Republicans on Capitol Hill said ‘yes,’” USA Today found. “Among the rest, three Republicans said they oppose the money, several evaded a direct answer, and the rest simply refused to respond to the question”:

The House approved $1.6 billion in startup funding as part of a broad national security spending package in July that included billions $658 billion for the Defense Department and $78 billion for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The wall funding was tacked on to the bill at the last minute, and the legislation passed the House with the support of only five Democrats. Five Republicans voted against the bill.

The Senate has not yet taken up the measure, and Congress has since passed a temporary spending bill to keep the government running for the next few months. That puts off until December a battle over the wall and other Trump spending priorities.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., indicated last week that they had struck a deal with Trump to move legislation offering safe harbor for undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, and that the bill would not include funding for Trump's wall.

More:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/9/20/1700107/-Barely-24-percent-of-congressional-Republicans-say-they-endorse-funding-Trump-s-racist-wall

[Permanut]

1. Just my humble opinion..

but I consider hemorrhoids to be way more popular than Mango Mussolini.