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1/Wait, is he saying we already have hundreds of miles of "Wall"? Oh, we do. So why do you want more? Where do you want it to go? What DATA & EVIDENCE do you have people/drugs are coming through these areas to justify the investment? Still waiting Mr. President, still waiting.
2/As backdrop to his petulant demand of $5b for more wall w/o any justification, reminder the President cited the rising deficit his own policies have created as a crisis significant enough to prevent federal workers from getting a pay raise. usatoday.com/story/news/pol…
3/So appears we are going to be talking "caravan" again. Reminder that US apprehends 100-200 people/day on border on average; this caravan likely to be about 200-300 people, one days worth; and they all turn themselves in, not crashing the border. medium.com/@Simon_Rosenbe…
4/Despite a year of outrageous demagoguery, natl guard/DOD mobilization, kids in changes, etc public rightly does not believe what is happening on border is a crisis. Extraordinary failure of Presidential leadership, yet he keeps selling failed policies. medium.com/@Simon_Rosenbe…
5/Hopefully the President will offer us a way out of the shutdown today. As a political matter he should - his standing w/the public has taken a HUGE hit, he has lost the big argument, and further escalation is likely to drive his numbers down even more.
6/Great chart from the @TheEconomist on border flows, and why all the areas of the US which need to be walled have already been. economist.com/graphic-detail…
