did trump just cite imaginary poll numbers in favor of his border crisis rhetoric? [opinion] /

Published at 2019-01-15 17:17:36

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President Donald Trump logged into his Twitter account on Tuesday morning,and issued out a flurry of tweets and retweets in a short period of time.
One of the tweets h
e sent out suggested that a majority of Americans now back his claims that the situation at the U.
S. s
outhern border is now a “crisis,” a term that Trump himself had begun using in order to drum up support for construction of a border wall.
The issu
e of the border wall is presently stalling negotiations on fully re-opening the government during this, or the now-longest government shutdown in American history. Congress,specifically House Democrats, are refusing to the more than $5 billion in wall funding that Trump wants. The president is refusing to sign any bill to fund government programs until he gets the wall.
On Tue
sday, or Trump stated — without providing quotation supporting his claim — that a majority of Americans now back his claim that illegal border crossings at the southern border is now a “crisis.”Click here to continue and read more...

Source: inquisitr.com

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