Joe Biden: Walls for me but not for thee!
By: Christopher Tremoglie (MSN)
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On Friday, Sean Hannity revealed that President Joe Biden will have a $457,000 taxpayer-funded fence built around his $2.7 million summer home in Cape Henlopen.
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Biden opposed former President Donald Trump's border wall, and one of his first executive actions was to halt its construction. To use taxpayer money to build such a barrier around his own property now — and vacation property at that - reeks of hypocritical elitism.
Under Biden, the situation at the U.S.-Mexican border has turned into a full-blown crisis. Illegal immigrants are attempting to enter the country in record numbers. Border Patrol apprehensions for this year ha topped 1.74 million as of September. Since Biden took office in January, illegal immigrant encounters at the border have increased by a factor of nearly 2.5, and a major contributing factor has been Biden's decision to halt construction of border walls.
This month, it was reported that Biden had canceled border wall contracts in two areas of high illegal immigrant crossings — the Laredo and Rio Grande Valley sectors. Biden will cancel walls that protect you, but he will order walls to protect his vacation home. This is something that should outrage everyone. As with his aversion to wearing masks in public places, Biden is a hypocrite when it comes to using walls for security.
Biden has a long track record of dismissing the effectiveness of walls. "We need border security but that's not the border security we need," Biden said in a candid interview on CNN in January 2019. As an alternative, Biden suggested the border could be protected through "high-tech" solutions. This included "funding for the homeland security secretary to 'develop and implement a plan to deploy technology to expedite screening and enhance the ability to identify narcotics and other contraband at every land, air, and sea port of entry.'" Such technology would include scanners that would search any rail crossings and all vehicles entering through ports of entry.
"If you believe we need to secure the border, pass it because it has a lot of money for high tech border security," Biden said in April 2021. Yet, when it comes to his own personal security, Biden chose to build the type of security barrier with which he refuses to protect his countrymen.
Trump was right to want to build a wall to secure our border. They are effective measures in limiting the number of illegal immigrants that enter the country. There is a reason why Biden is building such a barrier around his vacation house. Walls work. Trump knew it. Biden knows it, too. He just doesn't think people are worth it to protect.
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Must be just for looks. Walls (or fences) don't work ......................./S
After January 6th?
The Secret Service has been working overtime ever since. Not protecting Biden's extended family, just Joe & Jill.
Let's just say the vitriol is uncommon and standards of protection are increasing.
btw, the New York Post ran the story before Hannity.
Previously false claims were similarly made about Obama properties, I will wait to see for myself.
And of course the terrible short stone walls and deer netting surrounding the Pelosi vinyard...are hypocritical of her.
This is the Examiner. Don't care who ran it first. Irrelevant.
Like I posted in 1.1.2, the Secret Service put aside $26.8 million in 2017 to protect the Trump family
and residence in Trump Towers alone and that article statement isn't clear if it was for one year or four.
A President spent that golfing at his own golf course.
Piss poor deflection.
But not surprising.
Not a deflection. Compare apples to apples. Do we cut the Biden's $26 million in slack?
Tempest in a teapot.
All a deflection of what the article is speaking about.
No one but someone trying to deflect has said a damn thing about vacations.
That says nothing about vacations does it?
Well, gee, and here I thought the article under discussion was about a FENCE around Biden's property.
My mistake, I forgot that Trump was mentioned in the article so HE is the topic.
Doesn't really matter, TDS always wins out on virtually every article anyways.
Is the article about a fence or protection costs for the head of State, one of which happens to be a fence?
Trump Defensive Syndrome isn't pretty is it?
Manages to appear on most seeds eventually, some quicker than others.
BTW, the article says absolutely nothing about golf courses, either.
Some apparently thought it was about Trump and golf courses.
It was brought up that talking about golf courses was a deflection, which apparently you noticed, too.
The article doesn't mention all the costs involved in protecting a President.
It DOES talk about the fence and how hypocritical it is of Biden.
I wouldn't know, but apparently the same people who suffer from TDS can't tell what a defense is.
Yes. TDS does somehow manage to get into many discussions on articles having nothing at all to do with Trump.
Which I pointed out already.
You are mistaken, it is a hit piece for Biden hater's consumption and further constipation.
No, I actually read the article, understand it, and know that isn't the topic.
No, wrong again, it is an article that outlines the hypocrisy involved that many of us can see.
You just confirmed what I wrote.
I kind of figured you'd come back with something like that.
Predictable.
SMH
Careful, you might dent it.
Sadly predictable.
Why don't you go find an anti Trump piece? There are more than enough floating around NT.
You seem to have no trouble with those.
You definitely have me confused with another member.
I said not a word about golf courses.
Not even possible.
And if one takes the time to read my post, one would know I didn't say you brought up golf courses.
Thanks.
Nor am I having trouble with this piece, go play traffic cop with someone else.
Build the border wall!
Wasn't Biden's choice was it? Secret Service made the call.
The article is just imaginary hypocrisy.
We taxpayers spent 56 times more to "protect" the residences of previous Presidents.
I can't remember any outrage about that necessity, can you?
Well he IS one of the self appointed "Topic Constables". lol.
Then don't bring it up as if I did.
It's a simple concept.
Build one around Jefferson!
Yes, we do. Is that what we were talking about?
I am always outraged at what politicians manage to secure for themselves alone.
By the way, my argument was never about the cost, it was about the hypocrisy involved in building a fence when we have been told how ineffective they are. I am sorry I didn't make that clearer.
Gee, this all started when you brought up something as if someone else had. Pot, meet kettle.
It certainly is. Imagine how surprised I was when you didn't get it!
“it was about the hypocrisy involved in building a fence when we have been told how ineffective they are.”
Yep, i have heard that many times from liberals. Remember the 2016 dem convention? Their slogan was build bridges, not walls. Next thing you know they are building a wall around their convention site. So they must work, which anybody with common sense knows, but the irony of it all. lol.
I made several comments to the seeder that the fence was authorized by the Secret Service
and funded by DHS at a fraction of the cost set aside for the previous POTUS.
You responded to me with nonsense about JBB's comments about golfing.
Then you deliberately misquoted me with deflecting to "vacation' costs.
Like you have said many many times, I cannot understand it for you,
no matter how much you wiggle and deflect
or put words in other peoples mouths again.
Bad form again,
Have a good night.
Piss poor projection, deflection, and denial is all y'all got.
The endless whining and bitching is intolerable. Sore poor losers!
“Careful, you might dent it.”
It’s that time of the month when I select the winner of a “Go Fuck Yourself” award. You’ve got yourself a giant brass dildo.
Better luck next month.
Biden has more days out of the White House than Trump over the same period of time. Deal with it.
Funny how the media isn't covering it the same damn way. The left doesn't care about wasted tax payer dollars so long as it is some shithead with a D behind their name doing it.
Link please. ( Not links, we both know Trump spent more time golfing )
Besides, what are the significance of the metrics? Can he not work from Camp David, his home or Rehobeth Beach?
Trump claimed he was working for us 24/7 regardless of whether he was a Ma-rla=Go or the WH.
More deflection?
Surprised he's not trying to use the supplies that were already bought for the southern border.
Okay, progressive liberals, care to explain how walls and fences protect the US President, but can't even deter border-jumping illegal aliens?
Just guessing by the aerial shot that the plat is less than two acres so the perimeter is between an 1/8th of mile long to 1/4 mile long max
in a residential neighborhood with homes on either side and the Rehobath Marsh behind the home. Probably a lot of surveillance
equipment and 2 SS agents on duty 24/7. Easy job.
.
The southern border is 1,933 miles long through 4 states, deserts, rivers, mountains and forests.
I can explain it to you but I cannot understand it for you.
Extremely doubtful at this point in time.
And the job of the Secret Service. Which they do begrudgingly.
And is Biden's job. Of which he's failing miserable (among many other things).
You don't understand it yourself.
What do you think 2 SS agents means JRiNC?
Too early in the morning to understand?
No they don't. Please don't make shit up.
The team is comprised of senior agents and hand picked agents and volunteers
who worked with the Bidens when he was VP for 8 years or since March of 2020 when he was a candidate.
Only a handful of people like Oranato who were anti maskers are grousing about no longer being on the
Presidents team because of their vocal support of Trump
That's a very small pool.
Tens of millions of dollars are spent every year on all Presidents to ensure theirs and their family's safety. George Bush Jr famously had millions in improvements made on his Texas ranch to house the secret service who accompanied him plus miles of security fences and guard posts. Rightwingers who are getting all indignant about a mere half million spent on Biden's security probably do not care if he is safe anyway!
A half million $ paid for about a foot of Trump's wall.
Somehow you have missed the POINT of the article.
People are talking about the sheer HYPOCRISY of many on the left--NOT the amount spent.
if walls and fences don't work--according to many progressive liberals--how will that protect Biden?
No, the article is a hypocritical low ball hit piece!
Tell me what in the ARTICLE is hypocritical, and please don't dwell on Trump, because HE isn't the freaking topic here.
If you can do that, I will gladly look at your evidence for hypocrisy in the article.
Watch out, Tex, you are probably about to receive a stupid mem
That or no response at all.
Not really sure which is better!
This will surely be noted as one of the most famous cop-outs of the century.
Please read all the comments first.
Well I was certain that the hypocrisy you spoke of was Biden's alone.
That was the only topic you wanted to focus on all day, was it not?
Waffling and deflection won't make your "argument" anymore convincing
Don't feel bad about it, I have been wrong before when I was certain I was right, too. It happens to everyone.
No. I had no idea you didn't recognize the topic. You should have said something sooner.
No, they certainly won't. so that is why I didn't do that. What do you believe I am trying to convince you of?
of course you did, your like the first fly to a fresh pile,
here to disagree for the sake of disagreement.
Carry on.
LOL!!!
The cost of stopping wall construction is gonna perhaps be billions. Read this One big point 270,000 TONS of bollards already or in process of being made. You know how much that is in just the material? In the steel market I deal in that's about $324 million dollars not to mention fabrication costs. To CANCEL the contracts........dumb fucking move.
100%!!
It is only taxpayer money. What the hell do Democrats care? They are just going to blame it on Trump anyways.
The left is in complete denial about what is going on at the southern border. Maybe a few foreign terrorist attacks by those crossing out border and who are not caught in liberal bastions of stupidity strongholds will wake them the hell up!
No walls to protect US civilians; but Biden deserves a wall to make sure his incompetent ass is well protected. Could they please make sure it completely encases him? Put a roof on it; and seal the entrance/exit once he is in. He will be protected forever then.
Butt, butt the topic was the hypocrisy of Biden....
And somehow you failed to see the hypocrisy of Biden in Ronin's comments.
The headline is perfect!