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#396: What's Good, Bad in the Proposed Border Deal

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🗓️ 12 February 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Is 55 miles of border wall or fencing enough? Did liberals get too many concessions? The Heritage Foundation's Hans von Spakovsky joins us to discuss the proposed border deal that, if passed, would avert another shutdown. Plus: We talk about how a journalist got a department store to remove a "Fake News" t-shirt. We also cover these stories:•President Trump is calling for the resignation of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn. •Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, announces California will abandon a high-speed rail between San Francisco and Los Angeles. •A new study finds that voter ID laws had no negative effect on voter registration or turnout,The Daily Signal podcast is available on Ricochet, iTunes, SoundCloud, Google Play, or Stitcher. All of our podcasts can be found at DailySignal.com/podcasts. If you like what you hear, please leave a review. You can also leave us a message at 202-608-6205 or write us at letters@dailysignal.com. Enjoy the show! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Daily Signal Podcast for Wednesday, February 13th. I'm Kate Trinko.

0:09.6

And I'm Daniel Davis. Well, members of Congress say they've reached agreement in principle on border

0:14.8

security, but the President isn't on board, at least yet.

0:18.8

Today we'll talk with Heritage Immigration Expert Hans von Spikovsky to unpack what Congress is considering and what it actually needs to do.

0:27.0

Plus, journalists got riled up over a fake news t-shirt on sale at a department store, but do they really have the right to complain?

0:34.7

We'll discuss.

0:35.7

But first, we'll cover a few of the top headlines. Well on Monday evening, lawmakers reached a preliminary agreement on border security, including

0:50.2

1.38 billion dollars to build 55 miles of border wall.

0:55.0

But it's well short of President Trump's request of 5 billion dollars,

0:59.0

and the President didn't seem pleased.

1:01.0

Here's what he said on Tuesday during a cabinet meeting.

1:04.0

I can't say I'm happy. I can't say I'm thrilled. But the walls getting built.

1:09.6

Regardless, doesn't matter, because we're doing other things beyond what we're talking about here.

1:14.5

So we'll see what happens.

1:15.6

We're having a meeting on it later.

1:18.2

It's really obstruction.

1:19.7

The Democrats want everybody to be able to come into our country.

1:24.0

In that same cabinet meeting Tuesday, President Trump called for the resignation of Representative

1:28.4

Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, who tweeted earlier this week, it's all about the Benjamin's baby

1:34.6

before apologizing after a bipartisan uproar and accusations of anti-Semitism.

1:40.3

One other thing I might want to say is that anti-Semitism has no place in the

1:46.2

United States Congress and Congressman Omar is terrible what she said and I think she should either resign from

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