pelosi s office is involved in these conversations, although everyone will say it s the conference committee. this is something immigration activists have been very concerned about all the way along, and frankly the enforcement policies of the trump administration have almost concerned those advocates more than the border wall. the border wall is sort of a figure leaf in a lot of ways and has become this kind of emotional symbol, but this kind of policy, and there a couple other things that would go with it, this is something that s very emotional and very important and they feel like the trump administration has overstepped its bounds in how they do this and if they give them more, they re going to be giving them more tools to do that. but you are right, this is the democrats making the decision. maybe you can help us drill down a little bit on the bed situation, which is kind of confusing.
his figure leaf on the wall that he can then use to say he got the wall. there s so much wall there already, finish the wall. that is not at all the wall on the southern border he was. p you saw ann coulter and others really lashing ought at on him. it will be interesting to see where his allies are and how signal republicans, especially the ones in 2020, they re supposed to decide how the funds are spent and keep the funding bills covered until the end of the fiscal year, and they also don t want a national emergency. this is not going to end today because he s decided to pretend it s all great. no, it s not. a.b. stoddard, it means we ll
senator, it also means you could offer him a figure leaf, right? because not defining it. give him an figure route there pb and have it be a compromise for us to move forward. he s very difficult and that s why mitch mcconnell is no where to be found. confirmation hearings for william barr start shortly. sir, you have met with the attorney general nominee yet? if not, what sort of concerns do you have this is breaking down on party lines? i haven t met with him. i have requested a meeting wi
i do think what the democrats can say is look, we ve been reasonable. we ll allocate money for border security, not for the wall. that s what we re willing to do. that s a logical compromise to say we ll do some plus-up for additional border security but we re not going to pay for this wall. people know the democrats don t control the entire government. what they can do is say we have a different agenda. we have an agenda to rebuild our infrastructure. we have al agenda to secure voting rights for the american people. we have an agenda that can put people to work and donald trump is focused on a wall. that s a very comfortable fight for democrats to have. to say, look, we were willing to compromise on border security but we re not going to pay for a wall that we don t need and people don t want. it needs to be stressed, $5 billion doesn t buy a wall. $5 billion is a figure leaf. it s a way for donald trump to cover a retreat. the question and it s going to be an interesting question
government. when he goes back in march, is the judge s sentencing contingent on how much more he cooperates? is that the deal? that s what the judge suggested. i think that s a figure leaf to we ll have the tongue lashing, we ll slap you around some and see you another day. mueller said he s just about done but there are these new charges he could be a witness if he went to trial. you ve gotten your lecture now, you sit in the corner now and i ll see you in march. and the crux is why did he lie to federal prosecutors in the first place? you have a hypothesis. do share. he was carrying on that rogue foreign policy during the transition, making upwards of half a million dollars with turkey trying to influence things and he had lied about it already over the past couple weeks with vice president pence and maybe others. then the fbi shows up on his