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Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion to build

Mycroft said:

Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion to build​

Elect Trump and it'll be done in a few years.
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sure, just like last time, right? :ROFLMAO:

Still waiting for Trump or those running for Congress who want the wall on how the US would pay for the wall.
 
Grand Mal said:
And then there was the 'repeal and replace' promise.
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Trump tended to keep the promises that had more to do with destroying things than those that were meant to create.

- Shredded Bush and Obama era Executive Orders on the border. He replaced them with nothing, asked for no legislation, and attacked legal immigration.
- Wrecked TPP and left the Pacific allies to fend for themselves against China's expanding geopolitics.
- Tabled TTIP for a year, which saw Putin push his pipeline diplomacy into Western Europe.
- Obliterated the Iran Deal and replaced it with nothing. Oopsy Israel. Iran has an open door to a nuke now.
- Betrayed the Kurds and handed regional influence over to Russia, Turkey, and Iran. Again, oopsy Israel.
- He even attacked health officials and countered all efforts to control Covid, sending a disproportionate number of his own supporters to their early graves.

The only thing he did was serve his fellow rich and pander to the irrational hate of his base. Despite his failed promise to create infrastructure, if there was an American infrastructure deal on the table, he would have destroyed it. Just like he just did for border security.

Grand Mal said:
Words are all that matters to cultists. What actually happens doesn't count if you can just get the words right.
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True dat. <--- Gansta.
 
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mike2810 said:
sure, just like last time, right? :ROFLMAO:

Still waiting for Trump or those running for Congress who want the wall on how the US would pay for the wall.
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Instead of shoving billions into that Ukrainian black hole, use it to build the wall.
 
Mycroft said:
No. He didn't.

The GOP Elites in the House...and especially in the Senate...were opposed to Trump during his entire term.

They still are, but there are less of them in Congress now.
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Always desperate to excuse Trump. He could slap you across the face and you would blame the position of your head for being in he way.
 
mike2810 said:
That will not help balance the budget or reduce the debt.
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Neither does tossing billions into the Ukrainian black hole.

Nobody cares about balancing the budget or reducing the debt. But a LOT of Americans care about securing our southern border and ending the Biden pukes letting anybody just walk across the border unapposed.

That's why we need a wall and that's why Abbott is taking it upon his state to build his own wall.
 
Mycroft said:
Instead of shoving billions into that Ukrainian black hole, use it to build the wall.
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Worked in Israel, oh wait...they had massive tunnels. Come to think of it, there have recently been found massive tunnels on our border too:

- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered 40 tunnels from 2017 to 2021, according to data obtained through a Cato Institute Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with Mexican authorities in, discovered in 2021 a 183-foot long subterranean tunnel in Mexicali, Baja California, near the border.

- US authorities have discovered an underground smuggling tunnel on the California-Mexico border that runs the length of six football fields and contains reinforced walls, electricity, ventilation and a rail system.

In other words, while Trump let millions across the border throughout his Presidency, they were also building tunnels. But...but...a wall! Instead of being a broken record and busted shill for Fox News and Trump, try to understanding things.
 
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Mycroft said:
Neither does tossing billions into the Ukrainian black hole.

Nobody cares about balancing the budget or reducing the debt. But a LOT of Americans care about securing our southern border and ending the Biden pukes letting anybody just walk across the border unapposed.
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Says a lot about you, doesn't it?

- Now that Republicans have proven to be the warmongers, sending trillions into black holes, you play "MAGA" as a way to remove yourself from what you blindly supported for decades.

- Now that Republicans (and Trump) have proven to be the debt creators, you have shifted from your Tea Party crap, which was a way to try to remove oneself from supporting Bush debt creation, to "MAGA," which doesn't care about debt at all now.

But Trump let millions come across the border for four years, didn't he? Didn't close anything. Now you pretend to care about the border under Biden, despite Trump killing the border security bill.

Your blind partisanship has left you believing in nothing; and serving only delusions and contradictions. Ever running from taking responsibility for what blind partisanship creates.
 
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MSgt said:
Despite his failed promise to create infrastructure, if there was an American infrastructure deal on the table, he would have destroyed it. Just like he just did for border security.
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He has a chance now. The vast majority of funds allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act from 2022 have not been allocated.
 
Threegoofs said:
Black hole?

Its a pretty cheap way of destroying the Russian military - with no loss of US or NATO lives.
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That's what actually upsets the MAGA types.

Around 550,000 Troops.
Some 7,600 Tanks.
Up to 335 Planes.
About 320 Helicopters.
They have even lost Naval Ships.

They sympathize with Trump's friend, who happens to also be the established leader of the global right-wing, even before Trump began praising him from the White House and supporting his foreign policy in Europe and the Middle East.
 
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Threegoofs said:
Black hole?

Its a pretty cheap way of destroying the Russian military - with no loss of US or NATO lives.
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Oh. If that's the goal...it appears to be a failure.
 
Mycroft said:

Gov. Greg Abbott’s border wall will take around 30 years and $20 billion to build​

Elect Trump and it'll be done in a few years.
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And Mexico will pay for it.

That's where Abbott's plan fails; plus, he's a cripple unlike Trump.

MAGA.
 
Mycroft said:
At this point, it doesn't matter if Mexico pays for the wall or not. We need the wall.


Abbot never claimed that Mexico will pay for his wall.


And here...you've earned my dismissal.

You are dismissed.
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You are summarily awarded a coveted Trump bust for dismissing me over Abbott's handicap:

MAGA
 
Threegoofs said:
And it’s all getting holes cut in it.

By $100 angle grinders.


“The Washington Post obtained unpublished U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) maintenance records that showed that drug and people smugglers sawed through new sections of wall built during the Trump administration 3,272 times between 2019 and 2021.”
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Paywall on your site. Not that I would take the Washington Post seriously if I could access it.
 
rahl said:
If you are an effective leader, of course it does.
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Only if you are completely ignorant about how the federal government fucntions. There are three separate but equal branches of government, the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. Trump could not force turds like Chuck Schumer to go along, anymore then your boy Biden could force the republican House of Reps to go along on his moronic border bill. We are not a dictatorship.
rahl said:
Instead of wasting their efforts giving the rich another welfare handout, they should have seen to the border.
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Ever heard of multitsking Trump did see to the border and when he left office, it was more secure then at any other point in my lifetime. Demnetia Joe ofcourse reversed that.
rahl said:
Nope. Republicans wasted their way around the filibuster (reconciliation) by giving out welfare handouts to the rich again instead of seeing to the border. This is because they do not care what so ever about the border. It’s why they agreed to the bipartisan border bill, and then Trump told them to kill it so he can campaign on it.
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Sillly partisan projection.
 
JMR said:
He had a chance,,,,,even took money from the military when (surprise) Mexico did not pay, and did not deliver, so I'd say if you want a wall, Trump ain't the guy.
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I was about 6, around 1955 that I first heard that America was building a wall with Mexico.

I lived in Canada and wanted a wall too!

I'm still waiting for any kind of change on the Mexican border....it's only in its eighth decade and still just a 'promise'

The truth is the Republican based agricultural economy NEEDS these poor souls to afford to harvest their crops or America would starve
 
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Mycroft said:
At this point, it doesn't matter if Mexico pays for the wall or not. We need the wall.
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But...what about the tunnels?

- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered 40 tunnels from 2017 to 2021, according to data obtained through a Cato Institute Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), working with Mexican authorities in, discovered in 2021 a 183-foot long subterranean tunnel in Mexicali, Baja California, near the border.

- US authorities have discovered an underground smuggling tunnel on the California-Mexico border that runs the length of six football fields and contains reinforced walls, electricity, ventilation and a rail system.

In other words, even without walls in areas, they build tunnels. This is the part where you ignore reality to honor King Trump. The pathetic thing is that had Trump told his Republicans to actually put America first and sign the border security bill, you would be praising Trump for doing that. Instead you praise him for bending America over as all the "rapists and murderers" come for you.
 
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LetsGoBrandon said:
Only if you are completely ignorant about how the federal government fucntions. There are three separate but equal branches of government, the executive branch, the legislative branch, and the judicial branch. Trump could not force turds like Chuck Schumer to go along, anymore then your boy Biden could force the republican House of Reps to go along on his moronic border bill. We are not a dictatorship.
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Trump didn’t need Schumer.
LetsGoBrandon said:
Ever heard of multitsking Trump did see to the border and when he left office, it was more secure then at any other point in my lifetime. Demnetia Joe ofcourse reversed that.

Sillly partisan projection.
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The border has been exactly as “secure” as it has been for the last 40+ years.
 
rahl said:
Trump didn’t need Schumer.
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Well, he may not need him after the 2024 election. The GOP will likely control the Senate.
rahl said:
The border has been exactly as “secure” as it has been for the last 40+ years.
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It's never been as unsecure as it has been under alzheimers Joe Biden.
 
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