GOP senator: 'Not excessive' to spend $5 billion on wall; Social Security cuts pay for it

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28 Nov 2018


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GOP senator: ‘Not excessive’ to spend $5 billion on wall; Social Security cuts pay for it





After years of Trump’s claims that Mexico will pay for a border wall, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) now says it is “not excessive” for American taxpayers to pay $5 billion for the useless structure.
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Meanwhile, Republicans have been pushing for cuts to Social Security to make up for tax cuts given to the ultra rich.

Trump has insisted that $5 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds be allocated for the border wall, risking a second shutdown of the government.

Appearing on CNN, Sen. Lankford was asked about Trump’s demands.

He replied, “The big drama is about the border wall funding, a 5-billion-dollar amount is not an excessive amount for what can be done reasonably in a year.”

The decision to put taxpayers on the hook is an about-face for Republicans, who campaigned with Trump on the claim that the wall would be built and financed by Mexico..........................



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[Turbineguy]

1. What will become "not unreasonable"

is to have the republican party pay for it.

[emulatorloo]

4. Great suggestion. Get the Koch bros and Sheldon Adelson to pay for it

[kimbutgar]

2. Russia must also own Lurch

I wonder how the people Oklahoma will feel about getting lower social security payments to pay for a useless wall?

[Botany]

3. I thought Mexico was gonna pay for the wall

n/t

[Just a Weirdo]

5. Lankford needs to live on minimum wage as his salary

Since he takes too many days off, his full pay is $283.31 per week (before taxes)

Let him fucking DoorDash for the wall.

[LenaBaby61]

6. Dems better talk about what this clown Langford and about what thuglicans ...

plan to do to their Social Security to build their unnecessary border wall like yesterday.

It's obvious that Mexico isn't going to pay for their fucking border wall, but why should OUR Social Security that we worked for like DOGS pay for it? The muthersuckers have fucking nerve wanting BILLIONS out of our Social Security to pay for their border wall, especially after they gave 3 MASSIVE, deficit-busting trillion-dollar tax cuts to the rich & businesses (That business tax cut is permanent) that are NOT going to benefit anybody BUT the rich and businesses who didn't even NEED all those tax dollars going into their pockets.

[Nitram]

7. What they mean is, "It's not excessive to pay $5 billion to gain guaranteed votes from racists

and xenophobes.

[riversedge]

8. Yes, they know it is prob. the number one thing that their base will get agitated about.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. I've got a better idea.

Let's pay for the wall from Congressional pensions.