Official: Dems ‘Refused’ To Even Listen To Border Security Briefing At White House

[Right_in_Virginia]

Official: Dems ‘Refused’ To Even Listen To Border Security Briefing At White House
Daily Caller, Jan 2, 2019

Democratic lawmakers brought a border security briefing at the White House to a screeching halt Wednesday, refusing to even listen to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, a White House official tells The Daily Caller.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy echoed this version of events to reporters outside the White House immediately after the briefing, saying, “Once the secretary started, Schumer interrupted her and didn’t want to hear it.”

Republican and Democratic lawmakers after the meeting indicated little progress was made toward ending the partial government shutdown and that they agreed to reconvene Friday. The White House official says there was a consensus in the room that negotiations would be put on hold until Pelosi officially assumed her expected role of Speaker.

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Pelosi told reporters after the briefing that she would continue her stated plan to have House Democrats pass legislation to re-open the government without any of the White House’s demands.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a late Tuesday night statement that Pelosi’s proposal was a “non-starter.”

Nielsen’s briefing to lawmakers was meant to highlight the impact of the growing migrant crisis on the southern border. White House officials believed the educational brief would help convince the Democratic leaders that funding for a physical border barrier is necessary.

The Democrats refused to hear that brief, the White House official says.

https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/02/democrats-refuse-briefing-nielsen/

[RetBobbyMI]

Trump had them captive in the vault...er ah the situation room.  Should have told the gatekeeper to keep it locked until he said he has an agreement for a wall