Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wasted no time Thursday rejecting President Trump ’s proposal for a “ down payment ” on a border wall as…
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wasted no time Thursday rejecting President Trump ’s proposal for a “ down payment ” on a border wall as a condition to reopen the government.
Walking off the House floor, Pelosi said the proposal is « not a reasonable » one.
Moments earlier, Trump told reporters at the White House that he had a number of “alternatives” for reopening the government with funding for his border wall. Among them, he said, is demanding that Democrats agree to “some sort of pro-rated down payment on the wall.” He did not put a figure on the request.
“We have to have the wall,” Trump said.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.
