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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Nov 23, 2018, 10:55 AM Nov 2018

Fresh Off Thanksgiving, Trump Wants Lawmakers To 'Come Together' On Wall [View all]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Summer Concepcion

November 23, 2018 10:10 am

A day after expressing gratitude for himself on Thanksgiving, President Donald Trump renewed his call for “a major Border Security package, which will include funding for the Wall” and “really good criminal justice reform” in Friday morning tweets.




Trump directed his criminal justice reform call at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer who he says “have a real chance to do something so badly needed in our country.”




But instead of tagging the verified Sen. Schumer Twitter account, Trump’s tweet mentioned an account that describes itself as an “unofficial fan club of Chuck Schumer.”

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Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-border-wall-criminal-justice-reform-tweet-day-after-thanksgiving
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Democrats better not give one red penny for that stupid fucking wall The Liberal Lion Nov 2018 #1
Agreed but they need to push back in more intelligent ways such as offering up cstanleytech Nov 2018 #12
Great ideas and I agree wholeheartedly The Liberal Lion Nov 2018 #14
Yes, give him the wall dalton99a Nov 2018 #2
What? Scarsdale Nov 2018 #5
Just say NO Racerdog1 Nov 2018 #3
The freshly "bipartisan" cheetolini sounds exactly like the same old cheetolini to me, bigly. marble falls Nov 2018 #4
Democrats and Republicans should come together on wall funding louis c Nov 2018 #6
They really should TexasBushwhacker Nov 2018 #8
I'm sure he meant to send that to the Mexican congress, since they'll be paying for it. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 #7
Yes! He promised Mexico would pay for it! LuckyLib Nov 2018 #19
Trump's idea of "coming together" is that everyone gets to agree with him. - n/t Jim__ Nov 2018 #9
The wall is frankly one of the dumbest ideas I have heard in my 71 years. watoos Nov 2018 #10
When the show military on the border does anything other than put u fences and drill. LakeSuperiorView Nov 2018 #11
Ok... what's he trying to divert attention from this time? Talitha Nov 2018 #13
No on the wall and no on the reform bill pecosbob Nov 2018 #15
Dream on, Pussy Grabber. . . . BigDemVoter Nov 2018 #16
OFFS - Give it up already. Marie Marie Nov 2018 #17
Trump's plan is "The Wall or Government Shut Down." Nitram Nov 2018 #18
Hiring a troupe of mimes to stand on the Mexican side and pretend there's an invisible wall tclambert Nov 2018 #20
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