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Ann Coulter justifies shutdown: A wall is worth more than 'the Yosemite gift shop being open'
Source: Washington Post
Ann Coulter justifies shutdown: A wall is worth more than ‘the Yosemite gift shop being open’
By Michael Brice-Saddler January 16 at 3:50 PM
Ann Coulter said that Donald Trump will be “dead in the water” if he fails to build his proposed border wall, applying more pressure to a president who, some say, has continued to keep the federal government partially closed in part because of criticism from commentators on the right.
On “Vice News Tonight,” which aired Tuesday, Coulter suggested she was not concerned about the ongoing partial government shutdown — which caused hundreds of thousands of federal workers to miss paychecks on Friday — as long as public attention remains on immigration.
“Oh, gosh, they’ll have to wait a few months before they know fully well they’re going to be paid in full,” Coulter said. “Look, I’m not in favor of this, but previous shutdowns have been much more difficult.”
She added: “More Americans die from drug overdose every year than died in the entire course of the Vietnam War, and the vast majority of those drugs are being brought in because we have a wide-open border. I care more about that than I care about the Yosemite gift shop being open,” Coulter said (the Drug Enforcement Administration says most illicit drugs enter the United States through legal ports of entry, as The Washington Post’s Fact Checker notes).
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By Michael Brice-Saddler January 16 at 3:50 PM
Ann Coulter said that Donald Trump will be “dead in the water” if he fails to build his proposed border wall, applying more pressure to a president who, some say, has continued to keep the federal government partially closed in part because of criticism from commentators on the right.
On “Vice News Tonight,” which aired Tuesday, Coulter suggested she was not concerned about the ongoing partial government shutdown — which caused hundreds of thousands of federal workers to miss paychecks on Friday — as long as public attention remains on immigration.
“Oh, gosh, they’ll have to wait a few months before they know fully well they’re going to be paid in full,” Coulter said. “Look, I’m not in favor of this, but previous shutdowns have been much more difficult.”
She added: “More Americans die from drug overdose every year than died in the entire course of the Vietnam War, and the vast majority of those drugs are being brought in because we have a wide-open border. I care more about that than I care about the Yosemite gift shop being open,” Coulter said (the Drug Enforcement Administration says most illicit drugs enter the United States through legal ports of entry, as The Washington Post’s Fact Checker notes).
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/01/16/ann-coulter-justifies-shutdown-wall-is-worth-more-than-yosemite-gift-shop-being-open/
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Ack! What a foul excuse for a human being.
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