daca, it s failed. that s a divisive thing. i m not even sure what that means, because it s a serious plan, they didn t address those serious issues. anyway, moving on, the plan was so short on details, that many lawmakers, including republicans, they don t even consider it a real legitimate proposal from the white house. republican senator susan collins couldn t support it, even lindsey graham said the plan was, quote, not designed to become law, unquote. so what is it designed for? because before today, this was all supposed to be easy if the democrats would only just play ball. we have a crisis at the border, both the national security and humanitarian crisis. democrats have got to stop ignoring the problem. sit down with the president at the table. the time has come for the democrats to come to the table and start negotiating. i think if the democrats have those type of concerns, then they should sit down at the table and negotiate with the president. time for democrats to
ball. we have a crisis at the border, both the national security and humanitarian crisis. democrats have got to stop ignoring the problem. sit down with the president at the table. the time has come for the democrats to come to the table and start negotiating. i think if the democrats have those type of concerns, then they should sit down at the table and negotiate with the president. time for democrats to work with us and fix this problem. look, it s time for congress to come to the table. it s time for them to come to the table and work with us. it seems like a talking point. but after today, what are they supposed to do to actually work on? that isn t even clear. earlier tonight i asked democratic congresswoman kathleen rice who is a member of the homeland security committee what she thought of the president s plan. congresswoman rice, i wonder what did you make of the president s speech today? is there anything in there that you could get behind? not likely, anderson.
that democrats said all along that once you reopen the government they would negotiate. the government is open, let s start negotiating. kevin mccarthy on meet the press this morning says there is no victory in the status quo. nancy pelosi can t claim a victory because we still have a problem with immigration we still have in his estimation, a problem at the border. here s more of what mccarthy had to tell chuck todd. in three weeks they said before if you open it then we will negotiate they won t. they are the ones causing the problem. they changed the course of what they voted for in the past speaker pelosi vote fahder a wall and barrier schumer had voted for a wall and barrier. now they will not because it is president trump? i think that s wrong. alex, fact check there. chuck shumer in 2006, we think mccarthy is referring to the secure fence act which possibled congress and resulted in several hundred miles of wall and fence
so that works out to be one in every ten of my constituents is impacted by the shutdown. even if democrats were to agree to negotiate today, craig, this is not a one, two, three day negotiation. it s detailed. it s difficult, it s lengthy. president trump needs to open up government today. get workers back on the job. give some let their families have their reestablish their financial security. let s start negotiating. so that s what i m hearing from my constituents. that s the position i m taking on their behalf. on a different topic, you sit on the house armed services community, your reaction to the supreme court s decision that was announced a short time ago to allow the trump administration to enforce its transgender military ban? i m disappointed with the court s decision. i look no further than the marine general dunford who is the chairman of the joint chiefs
we re ready. then you come back and say, no, i decided i want $70,000 for this condo. you say, wait a minute. we had a deal. you agreed upon this. why is it incumbent upon the people who had the deal and not the person who is moving the goal post to all of a sudden start negotiating? because maybe they did the inspection on the house, you found something yeah, that s i m just rob, be honest. come on. things always change. when you sign a contract, that s right, but no contract was signed. he had a deal with do you think the american public thinks, oh, no contract was signed? he had a deal with mitch mcconnell. he had a deal now he s making mitch mcconnell look like a fool because now he can t move. mcconnell can t exercise his prerogative, which is to bring legislation before the senate. he is waiting for the president to tell him what to do. i got to run.