Yes, Democrats opposed building more border barriers

Published September 4, 2024 3:15pm ET



Remember all the “build the wall” chants at Democratic politicians’ events in recent years? Of course not. Democrats have vehemently opposed building physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border for at least the past nine years.

Yet, Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) wants to pretend otherwise. Polis claimed that Democrats have always supported building more physical barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border, just not a 2,000-mile wall.

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