CNN Mocks Trump for Try to Compromise on Wall Construction

Nicholas Fondacaro | January 7, 2019
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Whenever there’s an impasse in Washington, the liberal media always demands that Republicans “compromise” and work with Democrats. Of course, their definition of compromise is code for “just capitulate”. Now, in an effort to end the government shutdown and from talking with Border Patrol, President Trump has shifted positions on what the wall would look like and what it would be made out of. But CNN was not having Trump’s compromised and mocked him for it during Monday’s OutFront.

The report was just the latest in a long line subpar attempts at comedy from CNN’s comedic reporter, Jeanne Moos. She kicked off the segment by quickly poking fun at how Trump’s definition of the wall had changed from 2015:

JEANNE MOOS: With both sides walled into a corner, the wall it else has begun to morph. Donald Trump used to say:

DONALD TRUMP: It’s not a fence, it’s a wall.

MOOS: But now --

TRUMP: Wall or fence or anything the Democrats need to call it because I'm not into names.

Moos continued by pointing out how it had gone from a wall made of concrete to a fence to a steel barrier. “If only the President could bury some of his old quotes in concrete,” she quipped as soundbites of the President talking about a concrete wall played. “But now concrete seems boom, bing, done for. Ever since he started talking about steel slats last month, he's been getting slapped,” she added.

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