Did we just offer Trump 5.7 billion dollars for "border security"? nt

[Atticus]

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Context?

And who is the we you are talking about?

[Atticus]

2. "We" Democrats. Turned on MSNBC and thought that was being discussed. nt

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

4. I realize this might seem a bit strange,

but not everyone is watching the same show or news feed as you are.

Some of us don't even own a television, although we manage to keep up with most of what's going on.

[DonViejo]

6. I also saw that but, I've not seen anything in print or

on a blog yet. Supposedly it was offered on the condition none of the money can be used for a wall.

[hedda_foil]

5. It's just being talked about.

[Atticus]

8. Thank you. My bad---listened to Chuck Todd! nt

[frazzled]

7. For 21st-century border security--no wall

House Democratic leaders said on Wednesday that they were prepared to offer President Trump a substantial sum of money for border security — perhaps even the $5.7 billion he has requested — but not for a wall and not until he agreed to reopen the government.

“We are going to be talking about substantial sums of money to secure our border,” Representative Steny D. Hoyer of Maryland, the Democratic leader, told reporters.

Representative James E. Clyburn, the No 3. Democrat, told reporters separately that Democrats could back a $5.7 billion funding measure that included drones and refitted ports of entry — but no wall. That is the amount Mr. Trump has demanded for the wall he wants to build on the southwestern border.

“Using the figure the president put on the table, if his $5.7 billion is about border security, then we see ourselves fulfilling that request, only doing it with what I like to call using a smart wall,” he said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/23/us/politics/government-shutdown-democrats-deal-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

[OilemFirchen]

9. I like the idea, with one simple condition:

The funds lost as a result of the shutdown* are paid back to the Treasury first. Build a wall with the remainder.







* Approximately $6 billion by Friday.

[blueinredohio]

10. The condition should be that Trump resign immediately.

[OilemFirchen]

12. Yeah, there's that too. (n/t)

[durablend]

13. And take Pence with him n/t

[Recursion]

11. Yep, because we know he won't take it

Tightening the screws