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Originally Posted by zeek
Trump's wall is a metaphor. It was his most popular campaign promise. He didn't deliver on it for 2 years when the Republicans dominated Congress. If he doesn't deliver something that he can call his wall in the next two years the Democrats can use it against him in the 2020 campaign. If he can claim that he build the wall like he promised he'll base his campaign for reelection on it. That's primarily what this impasse is about. If the argument were just about border security Republicans and Democrats agree on a lot of things. This is about holding Trump to one term in the White House. You know like Mitch McConnell tried to do to Barack Obama by blocking his legislative agenda.
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I agree this shutdown is simply a political game using people's lives as pawns. It is outrageous.