{"id":88014,"date":"2017-08-25T00:32:48","date_gmt":"2017-08-25T00:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/sanders-stands-by-trumps-border-wall-threat.html"},"modified":"2017-08-25T00:32:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T00:32:48","slug":"sanders-stands-by-trumps-border-wall-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/political\/sanders-stands-by-trumps-border-wall-threat.html","title":{"rendered":"Sanders stands by Trump\u2019s border wall threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday stood by President Trump\u2019s threat to shut down the government in order to get funding to build a wall on the border with Mexico.<\/p>\n

In the first White House press briefing in three weeks \u2013 after Trump spent much of August in New Jersey and on the road \u2013 Sanders was repeatedly asked about the president\u2019s demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president has talked pretty extensively about this,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cHe campaigned on the wall. He won on talking about building a wall. And he\u2019s going to make sure that that gets done. And he\u2019ll continue to fight for that funding and ensure it takes place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump made the threat during his campaign-like rally in Arizona earlier this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelieve me, if we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n

TRUMP SAYS HE\u2019LL \u2018CLOSE DOWN\u2019 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET BORDER WALL MONEY FROM CONGRESS<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

On Thursday, Sanders didn\u2019t reiterate the threat herself. But she emphasized the president\u2019s determination to see the wall get built.<\/p>\n

Asked why the president is threatening a shutdown, Sanders replied: \u201cOnce again, the president\u2019s committed to making sure this happens, and we\u2019re going to push forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

One reporter asked Sanders why the president would threaten to shut down the government over wall funding considering Trump’s campaign promise that Mexico would pay for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president\u2019s committed to making sure this gets done,\u201d she said. \u201cWe know that the wall and other security measures at the border work. We\u2019ve seen that take place over the last decade. We\u2019re committed to making sure the American people are protected.\u201d<\/p>\n

When another reporter said the president, in recent comments, “is not saying” Mexico\u2019s going to pay for the wall, Sanders shot back: \u201cHe hasn\u2019t said they\u2019re not either.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sanders also made a pitch to certain Democrats.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s not forget that there were a lot of Democrat senators that also voted for border security and a border fence, and hopefully some of those same individuals will talk to members in their current party and maybe we can get a bipartisan group to support that and make sure it happens, because this president is going to see it through,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Republican-controlled Congress has yet to pass a spending resolution to keep the government fully operational past Sept. 30.<\/p>\n

Members will have just a few weeks after returning from August recess to complete the task and avoid a politically unpopular shutdown.<\/p>\n

The House in late July passed a spending bill that included $1.6 billion to build the wall, which has an estimated price tag of $12 billion.<\/p>\n

However, Republicans have only a slight Senate majority, which means Democrats could demand that any budget resolution include no money for the wall, in exchange for their votes to pass the resolution and keep open the government.<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Joe Weber contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n

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White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday stood by President Trump\u2019s threat to shut down the government in order to get funding to build a wall on the border with Mexico. In the first White House press briefing in three weeks \u2013 after Trump spent much of August in New Jersey and on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-88014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political","tag-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usa.timesofnews.com\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}