Glenn Grothman: “We have another weekend gone by and another speech of our President on the issue of illegal immigration and what to do…”

“We have another weekend gone by and another speech of our President on the issue of illegal immigration and what to do with the wall on the southern border. I take this opportunity, after spending the weekend talking to several constituents of the Sixth Congressional District, to deal with some misconceptions in this debate. The first misconception I would like to talk about is whether Donald Trump can compromise, because there are some people out there who feel that the delay in opening the government was because this, admittedly, type A individual could not compromise. The shutdown was caused because we had not passed an appropriation bill that both, I can say, sides, both the pro-wall and anti-wall people could agree with. President Trump previously--this is his third year--signed two appropriation bills funding the Department of Homeland Security and the rest of the government without getting a wall. It was not until the third time that President Trump and Congress could not reach an agreement on the Homeland Security bill. And I will point out that was largely because Congress couldn't get along, not President Trump. After a delay of over 30 days, President Trump has, one more time, compromised. He compromised to allow 3 more weeks of the government to be open on the promise, or the implied promise, of the Speaker that she will, in good faith, negotiate about a wall.…”