Schumer: Dems Ready To Spend Taxpayer Money, But Not On ‘Medieval’ Wall

Eric Scheiner | January 9, 2018
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took to the floor of the Senate Tuesday to list off a litany of issues that Democrats are ready to budget for, but a border wall is not among them.

“We must reach a deal to lift the spending caps, to spare devastating cuts to our military support and funding for urgent domestic priorities. We must extend the Children's Health Insurance Program and community health centers and the 702 FISA court program. We must pass disaster aid, and we must resolve the future of the Dreamers,” Schumer said.

“But a medieval wall, which you can’t see through, across the length of the southern border will not make us any safer. Walls can be scaled over, walls can be tunneled under,” Schumer later added.

Schumer focused on Trump’s campaign claims that Mexico would pay for the wall.

“If you could read anything into the election it was for that.”

“It’s not responsible to insist that American taxpayers pay for an absurdly expensive and ineffective border wall or else the government shuts down,” Schumer said.

As in the recent past, when the government shut down under former President Barack Obama, Schumer stands ready to blame the GOP.

“Make no mistake about it, a government shutdown will fall entirely on his shoulders,” Schumer said of Trump.

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