{"id":2380998,"date":"2024-12-17T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-warns-against-assisting-in-theft-of-selling-off-border-wall-pieces-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T12:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T17:52:53","slug":"ted-cruz-warns-against-assisting-in-theft-of-selling-off-border-wall-pieces-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-warns-against-assisting-in-theft-of-selling-off-border-wall-pieces-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz warns against assisting in \u2018theft\u2019 of selling off border wall pieces &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fted-cruz-warns-against-assisting-in-theft-of-selling-off-border-wall-pieces-washington-examiner%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=2380998&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--><p>Senator Ted \u200ccruz (R-TX) \u200bhas spoken out against\u200b the Biden administration&#8217;s actions to sell \u200boff sections of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-faces-backlash-after-crushing-border-wall-developments\/\" title=\"Biden faces backlash after crushing border wall developments\">southern border wall<\/a>, labeling them as a &#8220;theft\u2062 of\u2063 government resources.&#8221; He criticized the administration for selling materials \u200dfor low prices, with some\u2062 sections \u2064reportedly auctioned for\u2063 as\u2062 little as $5.\u2062 Cruz believes this\u200b initiative is \u200dpart\u200d of a\u200c strategy \u200bto undermine the will of voters and reflects the disdain the current\u2063 administration holds for former President Donald Trump and his\u200c supporters.He warned officials involved in approving these sales that they could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failed-experiment-austria-suspends-not-proportionate-forced-vaccination-requirement\/\" title=\"Failed Experiment: Austria Suspends &#039;Not Proportionate&#039; Forced Vaccination Requirement\">face legal consequences<\/a> from the Department of\u2064 Justice for their actions,which he described as a flagrant abuse of power. Cruz voiced his concerns during an appearance on Fox News&#8217;s &#8220;Hannity.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ted Cruz warns against assisting in &lsquo;theft&rsquo; of selling off border wall pieces<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1882065\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX) issued a stern warning against officials helping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Biden administration<\/a> to sell off pieces of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">border wall<\/a>, describing this process as &ldquo;theft of government resources.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Biden administration has been selling off materials for the southern border wall since at least August 2023, with some of these being auctioned off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govplanet.com\/jsp\/s\/search.ips?sm=0&amp;l2=USA-AZ&amp;k=Steel%20Bollard%20Wall%20Sections&amp;mf=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">for as low as $5 in removed listings online<\/a>. In assessing this &ldquo;brazen&rdquo; action on the border, Cruz argued that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris&rsquo;s<\/a> hatred for President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> is also directed at his supporters, and the push to sell off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lets-build-it-gop-sen-joni-ernst-introduces-bill-to-transfer-border-wall-materials-to-states\/\" title=\"\u2018Let\u2019s Build It!\u2019: GOP Sen. Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Transfer Border Wall Materials To States\">border wall materials<\/a> is part of a larger effort to &ldquo;frustrate the will of the voters.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Let me be very clear to every official at the Department of Homeland Security or anywhere else who approves selling off incredibly expensive portions of the border wall for $5 a piece, you are engaged in theft of government property and you should expect that the Department of Justice to investigate you and prosecute you!&rdquo; Cruz said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>. &ldquo;This is a brazen abuse of power, and it reflects the views of this White House and Democrats across the board.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2729114&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9da879be4be7809eb4534c4b5fa38dba\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cruz used an analogy of a sheriff losing an election and choosing to sell off squad cars worth $50,000 for only $100 simply out of pettiness. He argued that Biden&rsquo;s auctioning of border wall materials is reflective of this.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3261725\/trump-biden-administration-cease-selling-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump called on the president to stop selling border wall pieces and &ldquo;giving it away<\/a>,&rdquo; arguing it &ldquo;really worked&rdquo; in deterring illegal immigration and it was &ldquo;very expensive&rdquo; to build.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-TX) said his state will begin to make plans to purchase materials for the southern border wall and &ldquo;give it to Trump.&rdquo; He added that he has &ldquo;a billion dollars in my pocket&rdquo; and aims to &ldquo;buy it all&rdquo; for the president-elect<\/p>\n<p>On the topic of Biden&rsquo;s pardons, Cruz predicted the president would pardon &ldquo;everyone they can think of,&rdquo; arguing the administration is &ldquo;terrified&rdquo; of the rule of law and its application to them. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3246641\/joe-biden-pardons-son-hunter-of-all-criminal-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Besides granting his son, Hunter Biden<\/a>, a lengthy pardon spanning over 10 years, the president has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3258452\/biden-commutes-nearly-1500-sentences-record-use-pardon-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">commuted almost 1,500 sentences for people<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president&rsquo;s pardons, as well as the possibility of him granting preemptive pardons to members of the Jan. 6 committee, have been discussed greatly this month, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3261167\/bernie-sanders-biden-should-seriously-consider-preventive-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) encouraging the president to &ldquo;very seriously&rdquo; consider giving these<\/a>. Sanders added that &ldquo;there are a lot of Republicans&rdquo; who do not support jailing these members, and that the idea floated by Trump would not go &ldquo;very far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) has warned that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3261139\/schiff-precedent-set-biden-preemptive-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the president&rsquo;s mass pardons could make &ldquo;a precedent we don&rsquo;t want to set<\/a>,&rdquo; while also arguing a pardon to him and the other committee members would be &ldquo;unnecessary.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1882065\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1882065\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ted Cruz warns against aiding in the sale of border wall parts, calling it &#8220;theft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2380999,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Border-Wall-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[37333,36382,32090,6913],"class_list":["post-2380998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-border-wall","tag-immigration-policy","tag-ted-cruz","tag-theft"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Cruz-Border-Wall-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380998","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2380998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2381002,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2380998\/revisions\/2381002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2380999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2380998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2380998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2380998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}