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TV Show from 1958 Featured a Con Man Named Trump Selling a Wall

January 11, 2019 Buck Banks

This is amazing: In 1958, CBS aired an episode of “Trackdown” in which a con man attempted to sell a town a “wall” in order to protect them from the fake threat of a meteor shower. The con man’s name was Trump. The show’s main character ultimately exposes Trump as a fraud who was plotting with the town’s sheriff to sell the wall. His final words: “You’re under arrest Trump.”

Flashback: Trump on the Efficacy of Walls as Barriers

January 10, 2019 Buck Banks

“Don’t give up. Don’t allow it to happen. If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it. Go over it. Go around it. But get to the other side of that wall.”

— Donald Trump, in a 2004 video clip aired on the Daily Show.

Republicans Breaking Ranks with Trump Over ‘Humanitarian Crisis’

January 10, 2019 Buck Banks

“If this is a crisis, the people dealing with this crisis should get paid.”

— Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), in an interview on CNN, calling for an end to the government shutdown.

Trump’s Oval Office address, as a ploy, was bold,
Though he looked low-energy, constipated and old.
The language was Stephen Miller’s,
And the rhetoric was killer —
But really, Trump’s actually having a “crisis of the heart, a crisis of the soul?”

Democrats Got Higher TV Rating than Trump’s Address

January 9, 2019 Buck Banks

4%

“President Trump’s televised Oval Office address on immigration Tuesday drew a big audience. The response from Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer drew a slightly bigger audience, at least according to preliminary figures,” according to the Hollywood Reporter. “The quarter hour (9-9:15 p.m. ET) containing the president’s speech drew a combined 28.1 household rating in metered markets on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CNN, Fox News and NBC. The following 15 minutes, including analysis and the Pelosi-Schumer rebuttal, averaged 29.3 across those same networks, a bump of about 4 percent.”

Top Republican Opposes Using Military Funds for Trump’s Wall

January 9, 2019 Buck Banks

“In short, I’m opposed to using defense dollars for non-defense purposes.”

— Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, telling Defense News that declaring a national emergency and using military dollars for President Trump’s border wall would be “damaging” to military readiness.

Murkowski Wants to Reopen Government

January 9, 2019 Buck Banks

“I am one who is amenable to a process that would allow for those appropriations bills that have concluded some time ago that they be enacted into law — whether it’s the Department of Interior or the IRS. I’d like to see that.”

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joining calls today to reopen the rest of the federal government before the funding fight over the border wall is resolved, CNN reports.

Every Lawmaker from a Border District Rejects Trump’s Wall

January 9, 2019 Buck Banks

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CBS News: “Eight congressional representatives serve the districts that line the 2,000-mile southern border. They are men, women, freshman politicians and Washington veterans. The Democrats among them span liberal ideologies, while one of them is a Republican. … But they all have one thing in common: each is against President Trump’s border wall.”

Support for Trump’s Wall Dwindles as Trump’s Shutdown Continues

January 9, 2019 Buck Banks

35%

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that only 35% of American adults support a congressional spending bill that includes funding for President Trump’s proposed border wall and only 25% support Trump’s decision to keep the government closed until Congress approves funding for the wall.

Carter: I Never Discussed Wall with Trump

January 8, 2019 Buck Banks

“I have not discussed the border wall with President Trump, and do not support him on the issue.”

— Former President Carter, becoming the latest former president to deny telling President Trump that he regrets not building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, The Hill reports. Trump last week claimed former presidents have discussed the subject with him.

— Alex Hirsch on Twitter

“Don’t give up. Don’t allow it to happen. If there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it. Go over it. Go around it. But get to the other side of that wall.”

— Donald Trump, in a 2004 video clip aired on the Daily Show.

“If this is a crisis, the people dealing with this crisis should get paid.”

— Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX), in an interview on CNN, calling for an end to the government shutdown.

4%

“In short, I’m opposed to using defense dollars for non-defense purposes.”

— Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, telling Defense News that declaring a national emergency and using military dollars for President Trump’s border wall would be “damaging” to military readiness.

“I am one who is amenable to a process that would allow for those appropriations bills that have concluded some time ago that they be enacted into law — whether it’s the Department of Interior or the IRS. I’d like to see that.”

— Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), joining calls today to reopen the rest of the federal government before the funding fight over the border wall is resolved, CNN reports.

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35%

A new Reuters/Ipsos poll finds that only 35% of American adults support a congressional spending bill that includes funding for President Trump’s proposed border wall and only 25% support Trump’s decision to keep the government closed until Congress approves funding for the wall.

“I have not discussed the border wall with President Trump, and do not support him on the issue.”

— Former President Carter, becoming the latest former president to deny telling President Trump that he regrets not building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, The Hill reports. Trump last week claimed former presidents have discussed the subject with him.

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

“If you are committing fraud against the American people, all of us in public leadership should be trying to stop it and throw you in prison for enriching yourself off the American taxpayer.”

— Vice President JD Vance, on Fox News.

“Your generation has a great bullshit meter, because you’re fed bullshit online all day. And the Democratic Party brand right now is so bullshit.”

— Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by The Atlantic, speaking to college students.

“We are done, Americans are done with endless conflict in the Middle East, spending trillions of dollars, American lives… this is insane and we have to call it for what it is.”

— Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), on CNN.

Numerati

+175,000

“The U.S. State Department announced on Monday that it has revoked more than 175,000 visas during President Donald Trump’s administration so far,” Fox News reports.

$4,600

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30%

A new American Research Group poll finds just 30% of Americans say they approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president and 67% say they disapprove.

61% to 35%