Political Quotes

“2\1/2\ weeks ago, Democrats and Republicans--the House, the Senate, and the White House--agreed to reopen the government for 3 weeks to be able to continue negotiations on border security. A very simple statement that was made by my Democratic colleagues was this: Reopen the government for 3 weeks. We will negotiate on border security and come to an agreement, but only if the government is open, and it would be limited to border security. It was a pretty straightforward conversation. President Trump said: We trust you on this. We agreed to reopen the government for 3 weeks to focus on border security. Now it appears that based on the negotiations that are happening right now in this building, this has become a Lucy-and-the-football- type negotiation because this doesn't seem to be about border security anymore. My Democratic colleagues have said: Now we want to add one thing. We will vote for fencing at the border as long as you agree to defund a section of ICE. The whole negotiation now is this: Yes, we will add border fencing, but you have to agree to defund ICE. Here is the way that works. Their agreement is this: You will have to limit the number of people that ICE can detain.…”