{"id":1433018,"date":"2022-04-12T12:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433018"},"modified":"2022-04-12T12:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T16:30:49","slug":"did-a-vulnerable-senate-dem-just-say-we-need-to-build-a-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-a-vulnerable-senate-dem-just-say-we-need-to-build-a-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Did A Vulnerable Senate Dem Just Say We Need To Build A Border Wall?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdid-a-vulnerable-senate-dem-just-say-we-need-to-build-a-border-wall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1433018&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A Democrat facing a tight Senate race said the Biden administration needs to address \u201ccertain gaps in physical barriers along the border\u201d while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very clear that we need a lot more personnel. It is very clear that we need a lot more technology, so we can really understand what\u2019s happening at the border,\u201d Democratic New Hampshire Sen. Maggie Hassan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHassan\/status\/1513627143745548299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> in a video posted to Twitter. \u201cIt\u2019s also really clear that the administration needs to address certain gaps in physical barriers along the border that would be very easy to address but that are posing a real challenge for our border patrol agents in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Cook Political Report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rates<\/a> Hassan\u2019s upcoming reelection race \u201cLean D.\u201d Republican New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu was heavily courted by conservatives to challenge Hassan, but he <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/09\/chris-sununu-new-hampshire-governor-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">declined<\/a> to enter the race. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/06\/gop-hispanic-female-candidates-texas-midterms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Democrats\u2019 Worst Nightmare Is Coming True In Texas)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I just spent two days at our southern border, and it\u2019s clear we need to make more investments in personnel, technology, and physical infrastructure to secure our border.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH \u2b07\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3NCjPMrOzx\">pic.twitter.com\/3NCjPMrOzx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. Maggie Hassan (@SenatorHassan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHassan\/status\/1513627143745548299?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2022<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>President Joe Biden terminated the emergency national emergency former President Donald Trump used to fund the border wall in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2021\/01\/20\/proclamation-termination-of-emergency-with-respect-to-southern-border-of-united-states-and-redirection-of-funds-diverted-to-border-wall-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">proclamation<\/a> on his first day in office, pausing construction. The administration <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/11\/joe-biden-department-of-defense-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promised<\/a> it would not continue construction on Trump\u2019s border wall, though it did keep seizing land for construction through April 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan was part of a group of moderate Democrats who introduced legislation to halt the Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/07\/mark-kelly-kyrsten-sinema-joe-biden-title-42\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ending of Title 42<\/a>, a measure enacted during the pandemic that allows for the quick expulsion of migrants. The Biden administration said it was preparing to deal with an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/30\/white-house-admits-the-border-crisis-is-about-to-get-a-lot-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">influx of migrants<\/a> at the border once the policy ceased.<\/p>\n<p>She also introduced legislation in February with Democratic Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/09\/democratic-senators-mark-kelly-maggie-hassan-gasoline-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspend the gas tax<\/a> amid surging prices. Kelly is also facing a close race labelled as a \u201ctoss-up,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/senate-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Cook Political Report.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democrat facing a tight Senate race said the Biden administration needs to address \u201ccertain gaps in physical barriers along the border\u201d while visiting the U.S.-Mexico border on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":205,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}