A new bill introduced by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) to stop Donald Trump from using federal funds to build his physical monument to hate has already earned dozens of co-sponsors in the House:
“I am not in favor of the wall, but if there is a wall, then I do not want the United States of America to pay for the wall,” Moore told CBS News, saying Trump's campaign promise should not be a burden on American taxpayers.
The bill, named the No Taxpayer Funding for the Wall Act, reportedly has more than three dozen Democratic co-sponsors. Moore has noted that she is hoping to gain support from the many Republicans who are worried about counteracting the cost of the proposed border wall.
“My bill gives amazing opportunities, I think, to people like Jim Jordan to opt out of building the wall,” she said, referring to the Republican lawmaker from Ohio. “I’m trying to mobilize some interest in my bill from deficit hawks.”
Rep. Moore knows what we already know but Trump’s supporters just don’t want to accept: with Mexico refusing to pay for the “fucking wall,” it’s U.S. taxpayers who will get stuck with the Grifter-in-Chief’s construction bill once all is said and done. Trump has already set the plan in motion, reportedly making deep cuts to TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard (who needs airport safety, border security, or drinking water after a disaster, right?) in order to make a down payment.
Some of the other funding Trump wants is also intended to further ramp up his ongoing Deportation Force, which has already targeted numerous “bad hombres”: an Army veteran who completed two tours in Afghanistan and suffered a traumatic brain injury in the line of duty, an Arizona mom of two US citizens who was deported to Mexico after living in the US for 20 years, and a DACA recipient in Seattle who is celebrating his birthday in detention today.
Trump’s hotel in Washington, D.C., has already stiffed plumbers, electricians, and wood-workers out of millions in unpaid bills—now there’s an idea.