Sen. Dick Durbin: Border wall a ‘political stunt’

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A top-ranking Democratic senator slammed President Trump’s insistence to include funding for a border wall in a must-pass spending bill.

The comments from Minority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday come as Republicans and Democrats are arguing over what should be in a spending measure that needs to be passed by April 28 to avoid a government shutdown.

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