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corbe:
Republican Congressman: Trump’s Border Crisis Is a ‘Myth’

by Andy Kroll
 
2 hrs ago

WASHINGTON — Congressman Will Hurd of Texas is an increasingly lonely voice in the “build the wall” Republican Party of Donald Trump. A 41-year-old former undercover CIA officer, Hurd represents one of the largest congressional districts in America, Texas’ 23rd, a vast expanse of land roughly the size of Georgia that stretches from San Antonio to El Paso.

Hurd’s district includes 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than any other member of the House of Representatives. But if you’re expecting Hurd, who was narrowly re-elected to a third term last year, to support President Trump’s “big, beautiful wall” and stand with the decision to partially shut down the federal government over the fight, you’ve got it all wrong. Trump’s border crisis is a “myth,” Hurd tells Rolling Stone, and a wall made of cement or steel slats is a “third-century solution to a 21st-century problem.”

“What I always say is building a wall from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security,” Hurd says.
 
He is one of the few Republicans to break ranks and vote with Democrats to approve funding to reopen the government. On Wednesday, he announced that he’d landed a coveted seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee, bringing the perspective of someone who actually knows the border to Congress’ main government-funding committee.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-congressman-trump%e2%80%99s-border-crisis-is-a-%e2%80%98myth%e2%80%99/ar-BBSqYYT?ocid=ientp

sneakypete:

--- Quote from: corbe on January 19, 2019, 11:43:04 pm ---Republican Congressman: Trump’s Border Crisis Is a ‘Myth’

by Andy Kroll
 
2 hrs ago

WASHINGTON — Congressman Will Hurd of Texas is an increasingly lonely voice in the “build the wall” Republican Party of Donald Trump. A 41-year-old former undercover CIA officer, Hurd represents one of the largest congressional districts in America, Texas’ 23rd, a vast expanse of land roughly the size of Georgia that stretches from San Antonio to El Paso.

Hurd’s district includes 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, more than any other member of the House of Representatives. But if you’re expecting Hurd, who was narrowly re-elected to a third term last year, to support President Trump’s “big, beautiful wall” and stand with the decision to partially shut down the federal government over the fight, you’ve got it all wrong. Trump’s border crisis is a “myth,” Hurd tells Rolling Stone, and a wall made of cement or steel slats is a “third-century solution to a 21st-century problem.”

“What I always say is building a wall from sea to shining sea is the most expensive and least effective way to do border security,” Hurd says.
 
He is one of the few Republicans to break ranks and vote with Democrats to approve funding to reopen the government. On Wednesday, he announced that he’d landed a coveted seat on the powerful Appropriations Committee, bringing the perspective of someone who actually knows the border to Congress’ main government-funding committee.

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republican-congressman-trump%e2%80%99s-border-crisis-is-a-%e2%80%98myth%e2%80%99/ar-BBSqYYT?ocid=ientp

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He is a whore,selling himself for brown votes.

corbe:

--- Quote from: sneakypete on January 20, 2019, 12:12:02 am ---He is a whore,selling himself for brown votes.

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  and a Republican to boot!

austingirl:
Too bad a conservative didn't win his seat.

Bigun:

--- Quote from: austingirl on January 20, 2019, 03:00:19 pm ---Too bad a conservative didn't win his seat.

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Will Hurd is the very definition of RINO!
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