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Search results for "Mexico didn't pay for the wall"

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Donald Trump stated on January 10, 2019 in a roundtable at the border:
"When I say Mexico is going to pay for the wall, that's what I said. Mexico is going to pay. I didn't say they're going to write me a check for $20 billion or $10 billion."
By Samantha Putterman• January 10, 2019
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
Viral image stated on August 23, 2017 in a Facebook post:
Says Nancy Pelosi said, "Building a wall will violate the rights of millions of illegals." ​
By Kyra Haas• September 18, 2018
Donald Trump stated on January 02, 2019 in a tweet:
"Mexico is paying for the Wall through the new USMCA Trade Deal."
By Miriam Valverde• January 4, 2019
Donald Trump stated on January 20, 2016 in a town hall in Norwalk, Iowa:
"When they say Mexico can't pay for the wall, I say of course they can. We have a trade deficit with Mexico that's unbelievably big. ... It's billions and billions of dollars -- far more than what we're talking about for the wall."
By Amy Sherman• January 26, 2016
Donald Trump stated on April 05, 2016 in a plan on his campaign website:
Mexico receives "approximately $24 billion a year in remittances from Mexican nationals working in the United States. The majority of that amount comes from illegal aliens."
By Anthony Cave• April 8, 2016
Donald Trump stated on January 08, 2019 in a televised speech:
"At the request of Democrats, it will be a steel barrier rather than a concrete wall."
By Manuela Tobias• January 9, 2019
Bill Richardson stated on September 09, 2007 in a debate in Miami, Fla.:
"Congress only funded half the wall" between Mexico and the United States.
By David DeCamp• September 7, 2007
Viral image stated on March 18, 2019 in a Facebook post:
Shows a photo of two similar Wall Street Journal newspapers with different headlines about President Donald Trump, and describes the editions as, "Same paper, same dates, different markets. What did you just learn? Feeling manipulated yet?"
By Samantha Putterman• March 26, 2019
Jim Renacci stated on January 24, 2018 in an interview on Fox Business Network:
In 2005 or 2006 U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer "voted for the wall."
By Amy Sherman• February 13, 2018
Rick Perry stated on January 15, 2016 in Radio interview:
"Building a wall" on the U.S.-Mexico border "will take literally years."
By Eleanor Dearman• February 27, 2016
Donald Trump stated on August 05, 2016 in a campaign speech :
Says Hillary Clinton once "wanted a wall" on the Mexican border.
By Sarah Hauer• August 15, 2016
Donald Trump stated on April 03, 2018 in a press conference:
"We’ve started building the wall."
By Miriam Valverde• April 4, 2018
Facebook posts stated on March 21, 2021 in a Facebook post:
“Texas has launched ‘Operation Lone Star’ to finish the border wall themselves.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• March 23, 2021
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
Facebook posts stated on April 03, 2022 in an article:
"Biden changes his mind and now wants to resume building Trump’s wall."
By Monique Curet• April 7, 2022
Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2016 in the third 2016 presidential debate:
Says Hillary Clinton "wanted the wall."
By Tom Kertscher• October 20, 2016
Jeff Denham stated on September 05, 2017 in an interview on NPR:
Says Barack Obama, Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton "all voted for" a border wall as senators.
By Chris Nichols• September 6, 2017
Mick Mulvaney stated on April 23, 2017 in a segment on "Fox News Sunday":
"They voted for (a border wall) in 2006. Then-Senator Obama voted for it. Sen. Schumer voted for it. Sen. Clinton voted for it."
By Allison Graves• April 23, 2017
Mike Pence stated on November 18, 2022 in a speech:
The border wall and the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy “reduced illegal immigration by 90%.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• December 6, 2022

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