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Search results for "Democrats were tougher on border than Trump"

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Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2018 in a tweet:
Mexico has "very strong border laws -- ours are pathetic."
By Louis Jacobson• April 2, 2018
National Republican Senatorial Committee stated on October 24, 2018 in a digital ad:
"We know dangerous criminals can slip through immigration at airports just like ours. Yet Joe Donnelly stood right here with the radical left against all efforts to secure our most vulnerable entry points."
By Manuela Tobias• October 26, 2018
Morgan Carroll stated on October 20, 2016 in a news release:
Says Mike Coffman said two different things: "stop the deportations" in a Spanish-language debate and "you're going to be deported" in an English-language TV interview.  
By Alan Gathright• November 4, 2016
NC True Conservatives PAC stated on January 20, 2026 in a video advertisement:
Says Sam Page “got busted calling Trump’s (immigration) plan unrealistic.”
By Paul Specht• February 25, 2026
Rick Perry stated on November 08, 2010 in an interview on The Daily Show:
"I had five of my citizens that were killed last week" because of border security problems.
By Ciara O'Rourke• November 10, 2010
Elon Musk stated on February 02, 2024 in an X post:
Biden’s strategy is to “get as many illegals in the country as possible” and “legalize them to create a permanent majority.”
By Amy Sherman• February 6, 2024
Patrick Morrisey stated on August 31, 2018 in a tweet:
Sen. Joe Manchin "stands with Hillary Clinton and D.C. Dems on gun control, higher taxes, amnesty, and Planned Parenthood."
By Patrick Orsagos, Lili Zecevic• October 5, 2018
Shelley Moore Capito stated on January 30, 2019 in a tweet:
"Beginning in the early 1990s, we built barriers in 4 sectors at our southern border. Since each was built, those sectors have seen massive drops in apprehensions of people crossing the border illegally," including 90 percent to 95 percent decreases in the Tucson, Yuma, San Diego and El Paso sectors. ​
By Garrett Spikes, Jack Tolman• April 8, 2019
Greg Abbott stated on May 25, 2022 in a press conference:
"We need to realize that people who think that ‘well, maybe if we could just implement tougher gun laws, it’s going to solve it,’ Chicago and LA and New York disprove that thesis."
By Analisa Trofimuk• June 3, 2022
Rick Perry stated on August 13, 2011 in a house party in New Hampshire:
Says that when President Obama visited El Paso, he "pronounced that the border with Mexico and the United States was safer than it ever was in history."
By Maryalice Gill• September 2, 2011
Hillary Clinton stated on May 03, 2016 in a Clinton campaign tweet:
Says Donald Trump promised to repeal Obamacare, build a wall, ban Muslims, and more.
By Jon Greenberg• May 5, 2016
Donald Trump stated on February 20, 2018 in a tweet:
"I have been much tougher on Russia than Obama, just look at the facts. Total Fake News!"
By Louis Jacobson, John Kruzel• February 20, 2018
Ron DeSantis stated on June 28, 2018 in a Fox News debate:
Says Adam Putnam "endorsed the Schumer-Obama Gang of Eight immigration amnesty."
By Allison Graves• June 29, 2018
Richard Corcoran stated on January 29, 2018 in an ad:
"Incredibly, some Tallahassee politicians want to make Florida a sanctuary state."  
By Allison Graves• February 2, 2018
Rudy Giuliani stated on January 05, 2008 in a debate in Manchester, N.H.:
"Ronald Reagan did amnesty."
By Michael Van Sickler• January 6, 2008
Donald Trump stated on April 21, 2017 in an interview with the Associated Press:
Illegal immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border is "the lowest in 17 years."
By Miriam Valverde• April 25, 2017
Cal Thomas stated on June 20, 2018 in in a column:
Says Hillary Clinton once "supported a border wall until she ran for president in 2016."
By John Kruzel• June 27, 2018
Donald Trump stated on January 08, 2019 in a televised speech:
Says Sen. Charles Schumer "repeatedly supported a physical barrier in the past along with many other Democrats. They changed their mind only after I was elected president."
By Manuela Tobias• January 9, 2019
Steve Stockman stated on January 31, 2014 in a campaign email blast:
John Cornyn "voted twice in 2013 to back Obama’s amnesty plan."
By W. Gardner Selby• February 10, 2014
Newt Gingrich stated on May 15, 2016 in an interview on "Fox News Sunday":
"The Chinese last year probably stole $360 billion in intellectual property from the United States."
By Louis Jacobson• May 17, 2016

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