Immigration

‘This is a fumble’: Mark Meadows rips Trump, GOP for border wall failure

By Pete Kasperowicz
Published December 20, 2018 1:41pm ET
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‘This is a fumble’: Mark Meadows rips Trump, GOP for border wall failure
FILE - In this March 28, 2017, file photo, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. A key part of House Republicans' plan to overhaul the way corporations pay taxes is on life support, leaving lawmakers scrambling to save one of President Donald Trump's biggest priorities and increasing the chances the GOP will simply pass a tax cut instead of overhauling the tax code. | (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

Rep. Mark Meadows said Thursday that President Trump and congressional Republicans blew their chance at getting a border wall by failing to insist on billions in new funding.

Meadows, R-N.C., said on Fox News that conservatives believe Trump is a fighter, but is getting “bad advice” on the border wall. Meadows and other conservatives want Trump to veto a short-term spending bill this week because it doesn’t include border wall funding.

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