GOP counts 60 Democrats who support some type of border wall

Published January 29, 2019 9:48pm ET



House Republicans say at least 60 Democratic lawmakers have indicated in the past few weeks that they support some type of barrier, wall, or fence at the U.S.-Mexico border, even as Democratic leaders say they won’t agree to President Trump’s border wall.

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., attempted to whip members of the opposite party into fulfilling President Trump’s request for border security projects with a long list of quotes around one-fifth of the 280 total Democrats in Congress made around the time of the government shutdown.

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