{"id":2056882,"date":"2023-10-05T16:57:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-democrats-had-to-say-about-the-border-wall-when-trump-was-president\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T17:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T21:00:13","slug":"heres-what-democrats-had-to-say-about-the-border-wall-when-trump-was-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-democrats-had-to-say-about-the-border-wall-when-trump-was-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats&#8217; stance on the border wall during Trump&#8217;s presidency."},"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\">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%2Fheres-what-democrats-had-to-say-about-the-border-wall-when-trump-was-president%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=2056882&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>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After two and a half years of millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-border-patrol-chief-says-agents-cant-vet-migrants-from-vast-majority-of-the-globe\/\" title=\"Ex-Border Patrol Chief: Agents Can't Screen Global Majority of Migrants.\">illegal\u2062 immigrants pouring<\/a> across America&#8217;s southern border, the Biden administration has finally decided to resume construction of former President Donald Trump&#8217;s border \u2062wall on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/10\/05\/in-major-reversal-biden-admin-now-seeks-to-build-trumps-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement<\/a> that it plans to &#8220;rebuild\u200d a portion of the fortification&#8221; in \u2063the Rio Grande Valley in \u2064Texas \u200ccame\u2062 as quite a surprise. Biden had pledged during his presidential run that there would &#8220;not be another foot of wall constructed [under his] administration.&#8221; However, the Delaware \u200bDemocrat has never been known as someone who <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/19\/heres-the-full-list-of-every-lie-joe-biden-has-told-as-president-part-four\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tells the truth<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ian-haworth-its-time-to-call-out-eric-fang-fang-bang-bang-swalwell\/\" title=\"Ian Haworth: Its Time To Call Out Eric \u201cFang Fang Bang Bang\u201d Swalwell\">failed presidential candidates<\/a> like \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BetoORourke\/status\/1709771529901265355?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert Francis O&#8217;Rourke<\/a>, very few Democrats\u200c have openly criticized\u200d Biden for authorizing continued construction of the border wall. Given Democrat politicos&#8217; knack for \u2063conveniently forgetting what side of an issue they held\u200d two minutes ago, it seems only fair to\u2063 remind them\u200b \u2014 and \u2063the\u200b rest of\u200b the country \u2014 what they had to \u200dsay\u200d about the\u200d issue when\u2062 Trump was president.<\/p>\n<h2>Nancy Pelosi<\/h2>\n<p>Ahead of the 2019 government shutdown over border security, the then-House speaker didn&#8217;t mince words when <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/immigration\/424440-pavlich-nancy-pelosis-immoral-border-stance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticizing<\/a> Trump amid his insistence that Congress fund new wall construction along the\u200d U.S.-Mexico border. In \u2062fact, Pelosi called\u200b the \u2064wall &#8220;an immorality&#8221; and claimed it is &#8220;the least effective way to protect the border and\u200b the most\u2062 costly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t think \u2064of any reason \u2062why anyone would think it&#8217;s a good idea \u2014 unless this\u2062 has something to do with something else,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Karine Jean-Pierre<\/h2>\n<p>The infamous KJP had some choice \u2063words for Trump&#8217;s wall \u2063before becoming Biden&#8217;s White House \u200bpress secretary.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/h2>\n<p>Amid the 2020 Covid outbreak, the Leninist girl scout from New York claimed the\u2064 wall was a &#8220;xenophobic campaign stunt&#8230; that falls down\u2062 in the wind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n        <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>GOP: &#8220;We can&#8217;t\u2064 do $1200 checks. That&#8217;s irresponsible. Think of the deficit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Also GOP: &#8220;As part of a COVID deal we are allocating\u200d $1.4 billion to\u200b build a xenophobic\u200b campaign stunt wall that falls down in the wind even though\u2062 we promised\u2063 voters other countries would pay for it.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L3vgK0fxjk\">https:\/\/t.co\/L3vgK0fxjk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>        <\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Elizabeth Warren<\/h2>\n<p>America&#8217;s favorite fake Indian\u200d referred to \u200cTrump&#8217;s wall as &#8220;racist&#8221;\u2064 during a 2020 CNN town hall and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warren.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/senator-warren-unveils-legislation-to-de-fund-presidents-border-wall-use-funds-to-combat-coronavirus-outbreak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">introduced legislation<\/a> to \u200bredirect funds \u200ballocated for the project towards the government&#8217;s Covid response.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n        <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Donald Trump is bungling our response to the coronavirus. \u200cWe need a real plan to fight back\u2014and I&#8217;ve got one.<\/p>\n<p>Tomorrow, I&#8217;m introducing a plan that takes every \u2062dime Donald Trump is\u2064 spending on his racist \u200dwall,\u200b and diverting it to fighting the coronavirus. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNTownHall?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNTownHall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZJVfM19uOo\">pic.twitter.com\/ZJVfM19uOo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>        <\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Chuck \u200cSchumer<\/h2>\n<p>Schumer has <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenSchumer\/status\/1171203936814018560?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">repeatedly<\/a> referred to \u2063the border wall as &#8220;expensive&#8221; and &#8220;ineffective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n        <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Will Senate Republicans vote \u200bto defend our troops, their families, and children?<\/p>\n<p>Or will they \u200ccontinue to turn\u2064 a blind eye as this President tries to go around Congress and take $3.6 billion from our service members and families for his expensive, ineffective border wall? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c2piJvMkBQ\">pic.twitter.com\/c2piJvMkBQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>        <\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Ilhan Omar<\/h2>\n<p>The Democrat Minnesota congresswoman \u2014 who routinely <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/31\/local-congresswoman-accidentally-spends-a-decade-being-an-antisemite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">espouses<\/a> her hatred for Jewish people \u2014 had something to say about racism in \u200dMay 2020.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Bernie Sanders<\/h2>\n<p>Much like his fellow socialists in Congress, \u2063the Vermont senator called Trump&#8217;s wall &#8220;racist&#8221; and accused the former\u2064 president of &#8220;ripping babies from their mothers&#8221; and instituting a \u2063&#8221;Muslim ban.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n        <span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No more ripping babies \u2063from their mothers.\u200d No more Muslim \u2064ban. No\u200b more racist border wall. We are going to undo everything Trump has done \u200cto demonize immigrants and Latinos. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SyNqdNKuw9\">pic.twitter.com\/SyNqdNKuw9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>        <\/span>\n      <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Kamala Harris<\/h2>\n<p>Before she became vice president and Biden&#8217;s &#8220;border czar,&#8221; then\u200d Sen. Kamala Harris called Trump&#8217;s wall &#8220;wasteful&#8221; and a &#8220;vanity&#8221; project <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1319461597794926592?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1226962300759945217?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">times<\/a> throughout the 2019 government shutdown. She additionally referred to it as &#8220;stupid&#8221; and &#8220;useless.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr>\n<p>Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for\u200c Convention of States Action and his work has\u200d been featured in numerous outlets, including\u2062 RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What does the shift in rhetoric surrounding the border wall construction reveal about the sincerity and consistency of \u200dpoliticians&#8217; positions on immigration and border security<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u2062After two and a half years of millions of illegal\u2062 immigrants pouring across America&#8217;s southern\u2064 border, the Biden administration has finally decided to resume construction of former \u2063President Donald Trump&#8217;s border wall on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of \u2063Homeland \u200cSecurity&#8217;s \u200bannouncement that it plans to &#8220;rebuild a\u2063 portion of the\u200c fortification&#8221; in the Rio Grande Valley \u200cin Texas came as quite a surprise. Biden\u200b had pledged\u200c during his presidential run that there \u200cwould \u200d&#8221;not be another foot\u200b of \u200bwall \u2062constructed [under his] administration.&#8221; However, the\u200c Delaware Democrat has never been known\u2064 as someone \u200cwho tells the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Aside \u200bfrom failed presidential candidates like Robert Francis \u2063O&#8217;Rourke, very few Democrats\u2062 have openly criticized Biden for authorizing continued construction of the border wall. Given Democrat politicos&#8217; knack for conveniently forgetting what\u2064 side \u2064of an issue they \u200bheld two minutes\u2064 ago, \u200cit seems only fair to remind them \u2014\u2062 and the rest of the \u2062country \u200c\u2014 what they had to say about \u200cthe issue when Trump was president.<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi:<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the 2019 government shutdown\u200b over border security, the then-House speaker didn&#8217;t mince words \u200bwhen criticizing Trump amid his\u2062 insistence that Congress fund new wall construction along the\u2062 U.S.-Mexico \u200cborder. In fact, Pelosi called the wall \u2063&#8221;an immorality&#8221; and\u200c claimed \u200cit is &#8220;the least effective way to \u200cprotect the border and the most costly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t\u2064 think of\u200d any \u2062reason why anyone would think \u200bit&#8217;s\u2064 a good idea \u2014 unless this has something to do with something else,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Karine\u200c Jean-Pierre:<\/p>\n<p>The infamous KJP had some choice \u200bwords for Trump&#8217;s wall before becoming Biden&#8217;s White House\u2064 press\u2064 secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez:<\/p>\n<p>Amid the 2020 Covid \u200coutbreak, the Leninist girl \u200bscout from\u200d New \u2062York\u200c claimed\u2064 the wall was a\u200c &#8220;xenophobic campaign \u200cstunt&#8230;\u2064 that falls down in \u200dthe wind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting to see the shift in the rhetoric surrounding the construction\u200c of the border wall \u200cnow that\u2063 Biden is in office. Democrats who vehemently opposed the wall under Trump are now relatively silent when \u200cit comes to their own party continuing its construction.<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d change in attitude raises questions\u2062 about \u200bthe sincerity of these politicians&#8217; positions and whether their opposition to\u2064 the wall was merely a \u2064political stance rather than a principled \u2064one. It seems that when \u200cit comes to immigration and border \u2062security, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-democrats-had-to-say-about-the-border-wall-when-trump-was-president\/\" title=\"Democrats' stance on the border wall during Trump's presidency.\">party loyalty takes precedence<\/a> over consistent and logical decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>While the resumption of border wall construction\u2064 under the Biden administration may come as a surprise \u2064to\u200c many, it serves as \u200da reminder of\u2062 the complex and ever-changing nature of politics. Whether it will have a significant impact on immigration and border security remains to be seen, but \u2062it certainly highlights the inconsistencies and shifting priorities\u200b within the political landscape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two and a half years of illegal immigration surging across America&#8217;s southern border, the Biden administration has chosen to resume construction of the border wall initiated by former President Donald Trump. 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