{"id":2006508,"date":"2023-08-20T20:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T00:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-auctioning-off-unfinished-parts-of-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T20:46:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T00:46:09","slug":"white-house-auctioning-off-unfinished-parts-of-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-auctioning-off-unfinished-parts-of-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"White House to sell incomplete sections of 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\">18<\/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%2Fwhite-house-auctioning-off-unfinished-parts-of-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=2006508&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>The \u200bWhite House Auctions Off Unused Border Wall Sections Instead of Storing Them<\/h2>\n<p>When President Joe Biden took office, he put a stop to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s plans\u200b to build a\u2063 wall at\u2064 the southern border. Instead of keeping the unused parts of the\u200b wall in storage, the White \u200cHouse has decided to auction them off. This move has sparked controversy and criticism from Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n<h3>Auctioning Border \u200dWall Materials<\/h3>\n<p>The auctioning site GovPlanet has already sold 81 lots of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-auctioning-off-unused-border-wall-parts\/\" title=\"Biden admin selling surplus border wall parts.\">square structural tubes<\/a>&#8221; from \u200dArizona for \u200ca total of $2 million. More lots will \u2064be sold on \u2063Wednesday and on August 30th, with almost \u20621,000 and over 600 lots respectively. The decision\u2062 to sell these materials has raised \u2062concerns \u2063about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">border security<\/a> and the use of taxpayer funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Instead of securing the border, President Biden is auctioning off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-auctioning-off-unfinished-parts-of-border-wall\/\" title=\"White House to sell incomplete sections of border wall.\">taxpayer-funded wall materials<\/a> for \u200cpennies on the dollar,&#8221; said Sen.\u2062 Joni\u2063 Ernst (R-IA) on X, formerly known as Twitter. &#8220;He cannot\u200b avoid Congress&#8217; accountability \u200band must use these parts for their intended purposes. BUILD the wall and FINISH it!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Ernst is a cosponsor of \u200dthe Finish \u2063It Act,\u2062 a bill introduced in May\u2063 that aims to complete the construction of \u2063the border wall. The bill has also gained support \u2064from Sens. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Tom Cotton (R-AR), and Roger Wicker (R-MS).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This sale is a wasteful and ludicrous \u2062decision by the Biden \u200badministration that only serves as\u2063 further proof they have no shame,&#8221; said Sen. Wicker in an interview with the\u200c New York Post.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Leaving the border open to terrorists while selling border\u2064 security materials at a loss is \u2063Bidenomics in a nutshell,&#8221; added Sen. Cotton.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Finish It Act\u2063 allows \u200cthe secretary of defense to donate or transfer the wall pieces to Southern states that choose \u2064to \u200bfinish the wall.\u2062 However, the bill is currently only in the Senate and has not been enacted into law.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, illegal crossings into the U.S. at the southern border have increased by 33% in the last month, highlighting the ongoing challenges of border security.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">Click here to \u200bread \u200bmore from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unused portions of the border wall, originally intended for construction at the southern border, are now being auctioned by the White House instead of being stored. President Joe Biden halted the wall&#8217;s development initiated by his predecessor, Donald Trump, upon taking office. 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