Democrats lament spending deal that paved way for Trump to transfer $7.2B to fund wall

House Democrats reacted with anger and frustration to the news Tuesday of President Trump’s plans to divert billions of dollars in military funding to border wall construction and lamented not having done more to stop it from happening.

Following a Washington Post report late Monday on the White House’s plans to take $7.2 billion in Pentagon funding in the fiscal 2020 budget to build more fence at the U.S.-Mexico border, Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas said Democrats should have fought harder to block Trump from redirecting appropriated money.