{"id":1989739,"date":"2023-08-03T13:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:27:05","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-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:28:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:28:37","slug":"leftist-congresswoman-uses-campaign-cash-for-fence-around-her-home-but-remember-what-she-said-about-trumps-border-wall-2","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-2\/","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-2%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=1989739&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\u2062 Her Home,\u200c But Remember What She Said\u2063 About Trump&#8217;s Border Wall<\/h2>\n<p>Left-wing hypocrisy is once again on full display.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday,\u200b the <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> \u200b reported \u2064that Rep. \u2062Pramila Jayapal, a progressive Democrat \u200cfrom Washington State, had spent \u2064$45,000\u200b on a security \u200dfence \u200caround her home, with the money coming from \u200ccampaign contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal, \u200dwho \u200brepresents Washington\u2019s 7th district, said the fence was needed after \u2062threats were made against her\u2064 life and \u200ba man \u2063with a gun showed up at her home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had threats against my life, including a man showing up with a gun at my \u200cdoor, and I never in \u2064a million years thought \u2063that I would \u2064need to take\u200d such strong steps to protect my safety and \u2062security \u200cjust to be able to do my job, the job that people \u200belected me to do,\u201d Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, a\u2064 Seattle resident named Brett Forsell was\u2064 arrested in front of the congresswoman\u2019s\u200b house with a loaded .40-caliber handgun. In July, Forsell pleaded\u2064 guilty to \u2062misdemeanor stalking and was sentenced \u2062to\u2063 364 days\u200c in jail. He \u2063has \u200cadditionally been \u200dordered to have no contact with Jayapal and has been banned from owning firearms\u200c for eight years.<\/p>\n<p>This, apparently, was \u200dthe incident that \u2063led Rep. Jayapal to\u2062 build an expensive security fence around her home.<\/p>\n<p>While there is nothing\u200c wrong with the congresswoman \u2062having a fence to \u2062protect herself and her property, unfortunately, her words from years ago have come back to \u200chaunt her.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2017 Twitter\u200d rant,\u2064 when she \u200ccriticized <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 \u2063immigration \u200dpolicies<\/a>, she described border walls as \u201cracist.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Should \u2063a wall be built at the \u200d<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 to The Western Journal news updates free \u200dof charge. You may \u2064opt out at anytime. \u200dYou also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy \u2063Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s \u200bracist agenda\u200c still looms\u2062 large: Border walls,\u2063 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 \u2064to do,\u201d she\u2062 wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump\u2019s\u200d racist agenda still looms large: \u200bBorder walls, deportations, white nationalist dog whistles. We have work to do. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NoBanNoWallNoRaids?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NoBanNoWallNoRaids<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Pramila Jayapal\u2063 (@RepJayapal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJayapal\/status\/920682255806357505?\">October 18,\u200c 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, now that \u200cthe \u200bnews has \u2064broken that Jayapal wants a wall to keep intruders out of her home, people are noticing the <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> on this issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For \u200dDemocrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal,\u2062 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) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1686751692203683840?\">August 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Apparently, walls are only racist \u200dif they are built on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/record-shattered-southern-border-time-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southern border<\/a>.\u200c If\u200c a <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-2\/\" title=\"Leftist congresswoman spends campaign funds on home fence, despite criticizing Trump's border wall.\">leftist lawmaker builds<\/a>\u2062 one to\u2062 keep their families safe from crime, that is perfectly fine.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2062 really is no way \u200dto escape the hypocrisy\u2062 here.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c United States needs \u2062some sort of barrier on its southern border in order to keep illegal immigration under control and to ensure \u2062the integrity \u200cof\u200b its borders.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 surge\u200b in illegal immigration under the\u2064 Biden administration has \u2064put \u2064communities along the border in 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 advantage of the chaos\u2063 to sneak into the country.<\/p>\n<p>If a congresswoman has the right to build a fence around her home to defend \u2063herself, the American people have a right to \u2062expect some\u200b sort of security at \u2064the southern border to keep\u200b 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\u2062 Congresswoman Uses Campaign Cash for Fence Around Her Home, But Remember What\u2063 She Said About Trump&#8217;s Border Wall<\/a> appeared \u2064first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200d 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 build 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":1989740,"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-1989739","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\/1989739","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=1989739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}