{"id":1989732,"date":"2023-08-03T13:23:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-for-fence-around-her-home-but-remember-what-she-said-about-trumps-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:25:05","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:25:05","slug":"leftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-for-fence-around-her-home-but-remember-what-she-said-about-trumps-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-for-fence-around-her-home-but-remember-what-she-said-about-trumps-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist congresswoman spends campaign funds on home fence, despite criticizing Trump&#8217;s border wall."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fleftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-for-fence-around-her-home-but-remember-what-she-said-about-trumps-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=1989732&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--><h2>Leftist Congresswoman Uses Campaign Cash for Fence Around \u2063Her Home, But\u200c Remember What She Said About Trump&#8217;s Border Wall<\/h2>\n<p>Left-wing hypocrisy\u200c is once again on \u2064full\u2064 display.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2062Wednesday, the \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/seattle-news\/politics\/u-s-rep-jayapal-spends-over-45k-on-security-including-fence-at-seattle-home\/#:~:text=U.S.%20Rep.%20Pramila%20Jayapal%2C%20D,to%20Federal%20Election%20Commission%20records.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seattle Times<\/a> reported that Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a progressive Democrat from Washington State, had\u200b spent $45,000 on a security fence around her home, with the\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-lindsey-graham-15-minimum-wage-would-kill-small-businesses\/\" title=\"Sen. Lindsey Graham:  minimum wage would kill small businesses\">money coming<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marriott-att-airbnbheres-the-list-of-corporations-announcing-they-wont-donate-to-gop-lawmakers-who-objected-to-electoral-votes-from-contested-states\/\" title=\"Marriott, AT&#038;T, Airbnb\u2026Here\u2019s The List Of Corporations Announcing They Won\u2019t Donate To GOP Lawmakers Who Objected To Electoral Votes From Contested States\">campaign contributions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal, who represents Washington\u2019s 7th district, \u200csaid the fence was needed after threats were made \u200cagainst her life and a man with a \u2063gun showed up\u2062 at her home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had threats against my life, including a man showing up with a gun at my door, and I never in a million years thought that I would need to take such strong steps to protect my safety and security just to \u200cbe able to do my job, the \u200bjob\u200b that people elected me to do,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, a Seattle resident named Brett Forsell\u200b was arrested in front of the congresswoman\u2019s\u200d house with a loaded .40-caliber handgun. In July, Forsell pleaded \u2063guilty to misdemeanor stalking and \u200bwas sentenced\u200d to 364 days in jail. He \u200dhas additionally\u200d been\u2064 ordered to have no \u2062contact with Jayapal and has \u200dbeen banned from owning firearms for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>This, apparently, was the incident that led Rep. Jayapal to\u2064 build an\u2062 expensive security fence around \u2064her home.<\/p>\n<p>While there is nothing wrong with the congresswoman having a fence to\u2063 protect herself and her property, unfortunately, her words from years ago have come back to haunt her.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2017\u200c Twitter rant, when she criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-game-changing-plan-end-huge-magnet-illegal-immigration-secure-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">then-President Trump\u2019s immigration policies<\/a>,\u2064 she described border \u200dwalls as \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Should a\u200b wall be built at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">southern border<\/a>?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Completing this poll entitles you\u200b to The Western Journal news\u2063 updates free of charge. You may opt out\u200c at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s racist agenda still looms large: Border walls, deportations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-for-fence-around-her-home-but-remember-what-she-said-about-trumps-border-wall\/\" title=\"Leftist congresswoman spends campaign funds on home fence, despite criticizing Trump's border wall.\">white nationalist dog whistles<\/a>. We have work to do,\u201d she\u2064 wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump\u2019s racist agenda still looms large: Border walls, deportations, white nationalist dog whistles. \u2064We have work to do. \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoBanNoWallNoRaids?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoBanNoWallNoRaids<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Pramila Jayapal (@RepJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJayapal\/status\/920682255806357505?\">October 18, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, now that the news has broken that Jayapal wants a wall to keep \u200cintruders out \u2064of her home, people\u2062 are noticing \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-1k-migrants-released-daily-into-mcallen-texas\/\" title=\"Over 1K migrants released daily into McAllen, Texas\">rank hypocrisy<\/a>\u200c on\u200d this issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal, walls aren\u2019t racist anymore. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lA20VtFjXK\">https:\/\/t.co\/lA20VtFjXK<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DQOKr1Tozu\">pic.twitter.com\/DQOKr1Tozu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1686751692203683840?\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, walls are only racist if they are built on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/record-shattered-southern-border-time-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southern border<\/a>.\u2064 If a\u2064 leftist \u200blawmaker builds one to\u200c keep their\u2063 families safe from crime, that is perfectly fine.<\/p>\n<p>There \u2064really is no way\u200d to escape the hypocrisy here.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200b United States needs some sort of barrier on its southern border in order to keep illegal \u2062immigration\u2062 under control and to ensure the integrity of its borders.<\/p>\n<p>The surge in illegal immigration \u2062under the Biden administration has put communities along the border in\u2062 danger as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/iranian-illegal-immigrant-terror-watch-list-caught-hiding-trunk-car-near-southern-border-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criminals<\/a> take \u200cadvantage of the chaos to sneak into the country.<\/p>\n<p>If a congresswoman has \u2063the right to build a fence\u200c around her home to\u200d defend herself, the American people have \u200ca right to expect some sort of security at the \u2063southern border to keep them safe.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-fence-around-home-remember-said-trumps-border-wall\/\">Leftist Congresswoman Uses Campaign Cash for Fence Around Her Home, But Remember What She Said About Trump&#8217;s Border Wall<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left-wing hypocrisy exposed: Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a progressive Democrat from Washington State, used $45,000 from campaign funds to erect a security fence around her home. Despite advocating against walls, Jayapal justified it due to threats. Seattle Times reported this contradiction, highlighting the double standards of the left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2016,"featured_media":1989733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989732","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\/2016"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}