Thursday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) said President Donald Trump declaring a national emergency to secure funds to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was “frankly irresponsible.”
She went on to describe it as a “political game the president is playing.”
Harris said, “Well, you know, listen, we’re going to keep, I think, sticking to the point that we cannot afford to put taxpayer dollars into what is essentially a vanity project for this president. We’re talking about $8 billion that’s going to be drawn from the Pentagon, from military construction projects. We’re talking about a wall for construction that will require taking private landowner’s land, especially in New Mexico and Texas. There are so many other issues that are pressing issues where American families and working people need resources and need attention. This is a waste of a lot of resources, and it’s frankly irresponsible, and it’s a political game the president is playing.”
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