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To: locogringo who wrote (1130228)4/17/2019 8:03:31 PM
From: Land Shark  Respond to of 1575047
 
Some day they might catch up to the other G7 countries. Obama set the stage for FatRump



To: locogringo who wrote (1130228)4/17/2019 9:13:28 PM
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GOP congressmen pretend they watched wall construction at the 'border'

Oliver Willis
April 16, 2019

A group of Republican lawmakers claimed they were watching Trump's wall being built at the border. They weren't.

A group of Republican congressmen visited an Arizona site over 100 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and lied to their constituents and social media followers that they were witnessing construction of Trump's border wall at the "border."

"The Wall is being built!" Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) claimed Tuesday on Twitter. He included a photo of himself looking at a mixing truck and a segment of a fence as well as another photograph of that construction site.

Gaetz also tweeted a video of himself at the site with the caption, "I'm on the southern border of the United States in Arizona."

“Reviewing construction at the border,” Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) tweeted and also included a video of himself at the site.

"Glad to be at the southern border,” Rep. Pete Stauber (R-MN) wrote.

They were not on the border. They were not witnessing construction of a wall on the border.

The members were visiting a demonstration of wall-building technology and prototypes put on by Fisher Industries, an Arizona-based construction company. Over the last year, company CEO Tommy Fisher (a frequent Fox News guest) has donated thousands to Republican candidates.

Troy Hayden, a reporter for the local Fox affiliate who covered the event, noted that it took place in Coolidge, Arizona.

Coolidge is over 100 miles from the border.