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ABCs Terry Moran Confronts Sarah Sanders For Claim Mexico Will Pay For Wall: Whats the Math on That?!by Aidan McLaughlin | Dec 18th, 2018, 2:56 pm
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders gave her first press briefing in weeks on Tuesday, and she faced a barrage of questions over President Donald Trumps demand for border wall funding.
ABC Newss Terry Moran was scathing in his questioning, directly confronting Sanders over Trumps nonsensical claim that his USMCA trade deal with Mexico will result in the country paying for a wall on its border.
With the deficit ballooning to over a trillion dollars under this president, where are the additional monies for this wall going to come from? And why is [Trump] asking the American taxpayer for them when he promised Mexico was going to pay? Moran asked.
Look, were not asking American taxpayers for that, Sanders replied. We are looking at existing funding through other agencies right now that we can draw on to do that, in the immediately. The president has been clear, the president has been clear that the USMCA deal would provide additional revenue through that deal that would show that Mexico is paying for the wall.
The trade benefits, if there are any, dont go to the treasury, Moran pointed out.
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underpants
(182,992 posts)Yes they no longer have Fox News segments or reporters. It's all ABC now.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)And SHS is a perfect portrait of that.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)She can't handle the truth, because it does not conform to the KGOP republican-ruissian story line that she has bought into, while sneering at America and American values.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)programmed her pea brain. Look at her background,and we wonder why we have Educational issues in our Country.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)If she trusted her own perceptions rather than swallowing whole hog the packaged "beliefs" she clings to, she'd be OK. One hopes.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)what you and I do. It is concerning with the amount of Children being Home Schooled or Educated in some type of Sanitized Educational setting.
C Moon
(12,225 posts)(they are a deeply right wing religious family).
When I went to talk to her (she's close to 50 and living with her parents and boyfriend rent free), she acted and spoke like a 12 year oldinstantly argumentative and defiant.
Very strange and creepy stuff.
tonedevil
(3,022 posts)is not mutually exclusive of her being stupid she is easily able to be both.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)tonedevil
(3,022 posts)anyone argue successfully that she is not stupid.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)... that she justifies as moral through self-serving interpretations.
It's propaganda.
It's willful lying for power.
Republicons are corrupted by power and are clinging to it against all democratic (little d) principles.
akraven
(1,975 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)The old man is a real winner.
akraven
(1,975 posts)I remember JFK campaign hats. I was 9!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)Aristus
(66,509 posts)"Mexico is going to pay for the wall!"
has become:
"Hey, look over here! Misdirection, misinformation, complicated-sounding bibble-babble, Hey! Look! Mexico paid for the wall! (But we're still going to ask Congress for funding...)"
MyOwnPeace
(16,949 posts)Must be - no sane person could make this shit up!
John Fante
(3,479 posts)This exchange is mind-boggling in its stupidity.
The trade benefits, if there are any, dont go to the treasury, Moran pointed out.
He is saying the revenue provided and the money that would be saved through the USMCA deal, we could pay for the wall four times over, Sanders insisted. And by doing that new trade deal, we have the opportunity to pay for the wall.
But trade benefits go to private citizens, Moran shot back. They dont go to the United States treasury.
Hes talking about the general revenue that comes from that, Sanders said.
So youre going to tax Moran asked.
No were not taxing, were talking about additional revenue that wouldnt have existed without the president getting a new deal, Sanders replied.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Anyone want to check that out?
At the very least, they will need congressional approval for that. Not gonna happen.
nolabear
(42,001 posts)machoneman
(4,016 posts)to one agency, department or other Federal program can't be transferred w/o Congressional approval. No way!
Whatta dumbshit!
spanone
(135,921 posts)rickyhall
(4,889 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,178 posts)When it has been all so easy all along, to acquire it without asking Congress for it?
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,064 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)correct past unfair trade incomes. We are going to get increases from Mexico and Canada -- yeah!!! But, Trump is going to blow our new gains on building us a wall. That would make us the biggest fool in North America.
hopeforchange2008
(610 posts)i'm pretty sure it came from the american taxpayer