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Preview For This Week's Top 10 Conservative Idiots
Portions of the U.S.-Mexico wall partially fell along the California border on Wednesday as the barriers crumpled under stiff inland winds, officials said.
The steel barriers that separate El Centro, east of San Diego, and the Baja California city of Mexicali fell toward the Mexican side.
"High winds had impacted a handful of panels under construction yesterday afternoon," U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ralph DeSio said in a statement to NBC News on Thursday.
"No property damage or injuries were sustained during this uncommon event while the concrete was drying and construction remains ongoing."
The 30-foot panels buckled under gusts of 40 mph. Damaged panels had been replaced by Thursday, officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/portions-california-border-wall-wilt-fall-mexico-after-high-winds-n1126911
The steel barriers that separate El Centro, east of San Diego, and the Baja California city of Mexicali fell toward the Mexican side.
"High winds had impacted a handful of panels under construction yesterday afternoon," U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Ralph DeSio said in a statement to NBC News on Thursday.
"No property damage or injuries were sustained during this uncommon event while the concrete was drying and construction remains ongoing."
The 30-foot panels buckled under gusts of 40 mph. Damaged panels had been replaced by Thursday, officials said.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/portions-california-border-wall-wilt-fall-mexico-after-high-winds-n1126911
Seriously, Wile E. Coyote couldn't come up with a more ironic trap than this.
**audience laughs and applauds**
This week the Top 10 is live from Tallahassee! Trump may have committed sexual assault, Brexit begins, Trump's border wall collapses, a MAGA rally left behind a giant trash pile, Trump's border wall collapses, we tell you why we're not surprised that TMZ got news of Kobe first, and we're all gonna die. Maybe for real this time. And in our weekly investigative piece, Top 10 Investigates, is a church run by former members of the Green Bay Packers really a doomsday prepper cult? We will go inside to find out! And in our weekly visit to the Holy Church Of The Top 10 in "Holy Shit", Jerry Falwell Jr has a new scheme to get the state of Virginia to split apart, but it really only benefits his business and nothing else. Meet "Vexit". We also have a new "I Need A Drink" in which we're going to get drunk and discuss the death of beloved advertising mascot Mr. Peanut. RIP. Finally in our 2020 voters' guide Keeping Up With The Candidates, why are Iowa voters booing Hillary Clinton at a Bernie Sanders rally? We will get to the bottom of this! And some live music from the Dirty Heads!
Top 10 Conservative Idiots: Wed at 2:00 PM. /shameless self promotion
