On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “After the Bell,” Republican Conference Committee Chair Senator John Thune (R-SD) stated that shutting the government down is not the best way to get funding for a border wall and the best way to get an immigration fix “is in the context of a probably non-shutdown situation.”
Thune said, “I understand the president’s frustration about the border and about immigration, Melissa. There’s no question that it is a broken system that needs to be repaired. However, I do think that the best way to do that is in the context of a probably non-shutdown situation.”
He added, “I’m with the president on supporting the wall. … The need for the wall is critical, and we want to help the president achieve that objective. But I don’t think the best way to do that is by shutting the government down. It just seems to me at least, that that could be very counterproductive, particularly when you’re only a month away from an election.”
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