Biden admin quietly clears away border wall parts for auction before Trump takes office
By: Anna Young
S E E D E D C O N T E N T
The Biden administration is reportedly spending their final weeks quietly clearing away unused southern border wall materials to put up for auction — a move characterized by some lawmakers as an apparent ploy to sabotage President-elect Donald Trump's goal to secure the US-Mexico border.
Alarming footage taken by a US Customs and Border Agent captured numerous flatbed trucks hauling away dismantled sections of the steel wall near Tucson, Arizona - a hotspot for illegal crossings - with the agent estimating a half-mile's worth of parts are being removed daily, The Daily Wire reported.
"They are taking it from three sections: Nogales, Tucson, and Three Points," the agent, who spoke under the condition of anonymity, told the outlet.
"The goal is to move all of it off the border before Christmas."
The materials are being transported to Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona, where it's being sold through GovPlanet, an online auction house specializing in military surplus, with bidding starting at just $5.
Online auctions for the parts — listed as Steel Bollard Wall Sections w/Grout — already happened this month, with another scheduled for Dec. 18.
The materials were left unused following Biden's decision to stop the wall's construction and roll back Trump's immigration policies upon taking office in 2021, resulting in a massive surge of illegal immigrants and unaccompanied minors crossing the southern border.
Up to $300 million worth of taxpayer-funded wall components have been left to rust since Biden came to office, Republicans have said, condemning the Democratic president for worsening the migrant crisis.
Now lawmakers believe this effort to sell the wall leftovers - which the Biden administration also did last August - will undermine Trump's plan to secure the southern border.
"The Biden Administration is well aware they shouldn't have reversed the construction of the border wall," Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ) told The Daily Wire.
"If it's true, they're purposefully hamstringing an incoming president, it wouldn't be shocking. Why would they want to see President Trump succeed with policies they aggressively sabotaged."
The soon-to-be 47th president has long maintained that border security will be his top concern when he assumes office in January, regardless of the cost. His plans include resuming construction of the wall along the border and launching a mass deportation effort that will initially target those convicted of crimes.
Trump pledged to build "an impenetrable, physical, tall, power, beautiful southern border wall" as a cornerstone of his victorious 2016 campaign for the White House.
He spent $15 billion during his presidency to install about 450 miles of barriers, with 250 additional miles in progress at the end of his term.
"When Trump comes back, and he wants to start the border wall all over again, the whole entire funding fight is gonna happen again," the border patrol agent told the outlet.
"That's their play. He's gonna have to fight for this — again."
The White House did not immediately respond to The Post's request for comment.
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Even in his last days as POTUS he's fucking things up and costing the citizens BILLIONS.
He's selling the shit. He is making money off the crap.
He isn't making jack shit compared to the cost..........from the article...........
With starting bids of $5, some scrappy is going to be a millionaire.........Stupid ass should have kept the project going. But then, how could the cheap labor, sex and drug trafficking continue?
Which is illegal. But it's not like Democrats have ever worried about what's legal and illegal before.
Correct. It is used. Has anyone made a profit selling used equipment compared to the new price?
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[✘] No Google fact-check information was found for claim: 'MAGA people who, themselves, have no clue what a ladder, shovel, or reciprocating saw are?'
Try expressing the claim in terms of a few strong keywords and avoid full sentences.
So it's NOT illegal for a politician to sell off government property and pocket the money? What world do you live in?
Why are you deflecting all of the sudden?
He is selling those things for pennies on the dollar. Each one goes for 5 dollars and the government is estimated to lose 10 grand on each panel.
Where do you think the money goes?
Probably to the scrapping organization where Hunter Biden was just made executive VP with a 10% signing bonus going to someone named "Big Guy".
My guess is zero of it is going into the government coffers.
Remember, Harris put the DNC in 20 million in debt. Would not doubt it goes to pay off that debt.
Clearly you’ve never collected well. I’ve sold many cars for more than I had in them. I have a JD 3120 tractor right now that is worth more than I paid for it ten years ago.
Guess that level of finance is beyond your experience.
Does it make sense to sell something when you are going to turn around and buy the same thing?
No, your assumption is false. It's right up there in the seed, he is selling off unused material.
Or as collectors like to call it "old stock".
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I look forward to your proof that the money is going into Biden's pocket.
You’re the one who called “chunks of metal” equipment.
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Politicians take money from doners or embezzle campaign funds which are donations from party supporters. It's very uncommon to hear about a politician simply pocketing federal government money from sold government assets that requires a lot of accounting and is subject to mandatory audit and review. But according to the Qanon kooks they believe every Democrat's doing it, not just the ones who are really lizard aliens or that run the child sex dungeons.
Let's not forget that the Earth is flat and the ocean is above us.
Yes and Biden had the mental acuity to be President.
With some of the stuff we have seen from democrats.....Biden may have been the smartest one in the room, even in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's.
A very scary thought ……
By the way some use the term this could be considered treason
As soon to be a private citizen, can he be charged with treason. Are these actions considered to be within his powers as president?
While distasteful I'm willing to bet this action is within his powers as president.
No, presidential immunity, remember?
They love their open borders.
Anybody that believes a fence will create a secure border is late for their elementary school class right now. .
So why is there a fence around the White House?
If a fence would stop people, why is there a shit ton of secret service stationed at the Whitehouse?
You didn't answer the question.
‘So why is there a fence around the White House’
Or around the DNC?
Or Joe’s multi million dollar houses on the beach?
To prevent most and slow the rest down for armed guards to deal with
A fence does stop people. If you elect to breach it, you then become a criminal.
I did. A fence is there simply to indicate where you can and cannot go. Secret service is there to stop you from simply climbing the fence.
So you are admitting that a fence only slows some down and a 24/7 security contingent is necessary to actually stop them all. Thank you for confirming my post.
Automatically? So when I jumped fences to retrieve footballs when I was younger it magically made me a criminal? Even though there was no punishment associated? No trial? No arrest?
Lol. The pathetic "if its not 100% effect it shouldn't be done" argument. Why do you even bother with such a transparently silly claim?
I support 24/7 ARMED security behind s secure fence. When you need to keep things secure you start with No Trespassing signs and a fence.
A fence is the first part of securing an area.
NO.
You are claiming that a fence would create a secure border. I keep showing you just how much bullshit that claim is. Then, as usual, you start moving the goalposts claiming that you didn't say "secure border" you said "more secure border", but then you shit your pants when I ask you to quantify your "more secure" statement.
No its not. A simple "no trespassing" sign is as effective as a lame ass fence.
A fence is to make it easier for the armed border security to capture the illegal invaders who get past it and to make it obvious that they are not wanted on the other side..
How?
Remember, according to your question they are already past it. So how does something they've already past, make apprehension easier?
Fewer get through, slows up and easier to capture. If have to chase them the fence lowers area they can escape to. As an example; If a groundhog or rabbit gets in my garden the dog chases it to the fence and can catch it easier than in open ground.
Prove it.
Again, if it gets to that point they've already gotten past the fence.
So you are saying that your fence cannot even keep out a dumb rabbit.
If you truly want to compare that, take down all except 1 side of the fence around your yard, and move your house out of the way, since a border fence would not enclose anything. So you only have 1 straight strip of fence, Now let's see how your dog does.
So you can't prove. That's all you had to say.
Not so! I can walk past a no trespassing sign but crossing a fence requires more effort.
Excuses. You didn't Trump was going to build his fence, did you? Nope, "others" were going to build it.
You used the example as it making it easier for your dog to catch the rabbit. The border fence is only 1 straight section of fence. It's easier for your dog because your fence "encloses" your back yard, making it a much much smaller area for your dog. Border fence does not "enclose" anything, which is why your example is bullshit.
Proof is obvious, refusing to accept the obvious is all you had to say.
I do not know of any study to prove fences work or why anybody would waste time on studying something that obvious.
the dog usually gets the varmint on the 340 foot long straight section before it gets to a corner. The claim of enclosure being needed dos does not work
Which is why you are either unable to, or unwilling to provide any???
Yet you keep making the claim.
Of course he does. You must be so proud.
So in 5 deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, we've been securing everythying wrong?
Only to an idiot.
Of course I am, she is a Good dog
Fences protect things, Handrails make steps safer, Don't eat the yellow snow something are self evident
Does not take much to understand that
If all you do is put up a fence with no additional security, YES YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.
How? I've been asking this for years. How does a fence protect anything when it can be so extremely easily circumnavigated?
Fences and walls are good, armed security makes them better.
Reminds me of an old Bob & Tom parody:
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I make the claim because it is obvious.
Humans figured this out thousands of years ago. That people still claim to not understand that physical barriers impede movement is truly one of the wonders of the world.
That's correct. Too bad Trump's border security consists solely of a simple fence.
Obviously wrong. I have asked repeatedly how a fence would stop a person determined to get to the other side, the best anyone can offer is "just because".
No he was putting up a fence where there was no border patrol, or in poorly patrolled areas.
[✘] Remember, there are over 2000 miles of border. How many patrol officers do you think it would take to patrol that 2000 miles on a 24/7 basis? Are you willing to pay more taxes to pay for those border agents?
You're the one who said his border security consists solely of a simple fence. You ignore the obvious to play partisan games to bitch about Trump. There are stretches of the border where there is only a single strand of barbed wire and in some areas nothing at all. So a fence at least slows things down. Add in drones, cameras and other electronic surveillance and the ability for border patrol to get to an area where people are attempting to cross becomes easier. I do miss the days of common sense.
For most of the fence it is.
Thank you for supporting my statement.
No evidence for that. Especially in remote areas where the fence is just cut open. Doesn't slow anyone down there.
For a 2000 mile border? The vast majority of the border is not patrolled, no cameras, no drones.
If you want a "more" secure border you need something other than a 15th century solution.
Since vaccines don't keep everybody who takes them from getting sick, do you have the same opinion of them?
Wow, you recognize that you have a losing argument so you decide to turn completely off track. You want to talk about vaccines? Seed an article about them, otherwise stop trying to change the subject.
I am again making a valid comparison. You complain if a few get by a fence is not good so comparing a fence to vaccine that protects many but not all. is fair
History and use proves my position.
Places that need security, have valuables present, are dangerous, where privacy is wanted or it is desired to keep people in or out use fences
Would you want to be in a class where on tests 100% was only passing grade and 99% was failing?
You want it to be valid? 1st produce verifiable numbers.
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What's all that shit around the White House perimeter?
Wow, you guys are great at supporting my statement.
Guarding the White House
You great at dodging the question.
Sad but true. It’s all the butthurt have left. Denial and lies.
Lost the Executive, House and Senate handily and they still haven’t made the connection.
Poor bubba’s ……
I have lost track of how many times you have disappeared from a comment thread when I ask you a question.
Ask a coherent question and I'll respond. Keep up the Kamala Harris speaking and it gets ignored.
This action just follows his border policy
Biden did nothing to secure the border. Quite the opposite.
Only a moron could define it otherwise
Are you suggesting a border wall would not make the border more secure than a border with no wall?
Why do insurance companies want you to put a fence around a pool?
To keep people out, protect the property and reduce liability
By that logic, If a missile gets through it, Israeli should abandon it's Iron Dome and other missile defense systems
Since elementary schools have been brought up, I notice fences have been put up at many schools for security and safety. School administrators, security experts, police and legislatures that approve funding think fences work.
“I notice fences have been put up at many schools for security and safety.”
I wonder why? They obviously don’t stop anyone, let alone slow them down./s/
As a soon to be private Citizen, Selling off this material should be considered in any government provided security for Biden as a former President
There won't be any 'T's left on the keyboards if Mr. Scorchedearth keeps at it. Purely in spite of the people paying the bills.
"The Biden administration is reportedly spending their final weeks quietly clearing away unused border wall materials at the southern border to put up for auction -- a move characterized by some lawmakers as an apparent ploy to sabotage President-elect Donald Trump's goal to secure the US-Mexico border."
Not that we needed it but that is just more proof that Biden is a petty vindictive lying Prick.
Expected response: But but but Trump!
I’ll be honest.
I bet Joe has no idea this is happening.
Would not doubt it if it is one of his open border lackeys that did this. Possibly Mayorkas himself gave the OK.
Joe does remind me of Colonel Henry Blake when Radar brings him papers to sign and just say's don't read, just sign.
Anyone that voted for Biden should be ashamed of themselves.
Big time
As should anyone that was part of the big lie trying to convince Americans that Joe was capable of being president for another four years.
I didn’t think he was capable for first four years and I was right ….. too bad so many failed to realize that in 2020.
LMAO!!!!!
This massive loss of selling off border wall materials for pennies on the dollar is on top of the costs to guard the unused materials in the first place.
That is not including material that was stolen and taken to Mexico; or was lost/used by a couple of idiots in Weslaco used it to create "patio structures".
Democrats love to claim they are the party of "fiscal responsibility"- how is this in any way fiscally responsible?
The Biden administration is trying to damage this country and the world on his way out the door.
This is nothing new.
The Biden cabal has been doing that since he was inaugurated.
Just remember that Prez. Biden 46 gave the okey dokey for using anti-personnel munitions and materials to defend another border. Land mines and razor wire can fill the gaps.
If its good enough for Quagmire Joe then its good enough for anyone.