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CNN deceives on Texas border wall

By Eddie Scarry

Published March 20, 2019 8:10pm ET

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CNN deceives on Texas border wall — President Donald Trump speaks about border security in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Washington. Trump issued the first veto of his presidency, overruling Congress to protect his emergency declaration for border wall funding. | (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Journalists who oppose curbs on illegal immigration do two things when it comes to the construction of more border wall: They either insist it won’t work, or they belittle the very idea of any wall. The point is to make President Trump and his supporters look stupid for wanting it in the first place.

CNN did the latter on Tuesday, and in the cleverest of ways.

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