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TexasTowelie

(112,323 posts)
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 10:05 PM Jan 2018

Where's the border security? Texas Republicans blame Trump

WASHINGTON -- Texas Republicans have more at stake than anyone as Washington’s border security deliberations drag on.

Eleven months from Election Day, they say the White House has paralyzed their ability to motivate their base.

Without bolstered border security, Texas GOP strategists fear their voters could stay home in 2018, potentially costing the party as many as four Republican-held congressional seats.

President Donald Trump alone has the authority to determine what his base will accept on immigration policy though, Texas’ Washington lawmakers say, particularly when it comes to his border wall.

Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/latest-news/article193035684.html

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Where's the border security? Texas Republicans blame Trump (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP
Trump has made great progress on the border wall left-of-center2012 Jan 2018 #1

left-of-center2012

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1. Trump has made great progress on the border wall
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 12:06 AM
Jan 2018

I saw that in a year's end report on a right wing website about a week ago.
It gave no details.

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