the federal government has abdicated their responsibility to secure this border, which they are required to do under the constitution. mike: part of his frustration is likely to effect the vice president has not been to his district, which has about 200 miles of international border. tom homan, we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time, sir. thanks for having me. mike: gillian, that quote to the new york times caught my eye. it s not often you have a democrat saying about a fellow democrat, i ve given up, she s not interested in the border. gillian: that s true. tom homan just said, it s not often that you see states like texas step up and try and solve national problems, but it s also true that it s not often you see states like texas start throwing money at the problem like they are their own country. i think governor abbott has invested something like $2 billion in this. they recently broke ground on their on border wall. mike: taxpayers are already on