Newt Gingrich: The far left is funding 'war' at southern border
by Katelyn Caralle
| November 26, 2018 08:43 AM
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Monday there is a “war†at the southern border being funded by the far left.
“This war on the border is real,†Gingrich told Fox News. “And what people are trying to do is a psychological war, very often guided, by the way, by American leftists who are activists and American left-wing organizations who are helping finance it.â€
Gingrich, who was House speaker from 1995 to 1999, said that the Left’s goal in mobilizing the Central American caravan was to embarrass the U.S. by making it seem as though the government cannot control its border.
“You are either going to have a country and have a border or you are not going to have a country,†Gingrich said.
The former speaker said, “we have to be prepared to stand up to that, and to do whatever is necessary."
Monday morning, President Trump threatened that the U.S. would permanently shut down the southern border if necessary, as migrants part of the thousands-strong caravan stormed the southern border over the weekend.
An area of the U.S.-Mexico border between Tijuana and San Diego was temporarily closed Sunday as migrants rushed the port of entry.
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