Beto Wants To Take Down Border Fencing Supported By Obama, Schumer And Hillary Clinton

BETO WANTS TO TAKE DOWN BORDER FENCING SUPPORTED BY OBAMA, SCHUMER AND HILLARY CLINTON

“Beto O’Rourke is so out of touch on immigration and border security, he even wanted to tear down border fencing that was supported by his mentors
President Obama, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer.”
– Mark Miner, Communications Director

In 2019 “O’Rourke Said He Would Take Down Existing Walls And Fencing At The U.S.-Mexico Border If He Could.” “Beto O’Rourke said he would take down existing walls and fencing at the U.S.-Mexico border if he could. O’Rourke, a former congressman for El Paso who ran a high-profile challenge against GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, said in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Thursday, ‘Absolutely, I’d take the wall down.’” (Doha Madani, “’I’d Take The Wall Down,’ Says Beto O’Rourke Of Current Border Barriers,” NBC News, 2/14/19)

Then-Sen. Obama, Then-Sen. Clinton And Sen. Schumer All Voted For The Secure Fence Act Of 2006, Which “Authorized About 700 Miles Of Fencing” Along The U.S.-Mexico Border. “The Secure Fence Act of 2006, which was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by President George W. Bush, authorized about 700 miles of fencing along certain stretches of land between the border of the United States and Mexico. … At the time the act was being considered, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer were all members of the Senate. (Schumer of New York is now the Senate minority leader.) Obama, Clinton, Schumer and 23 other Democratic senators voted in favor of the act when it passed in the Senate by a vote of 80 to 19.” (Allison Graves, PolitiFact, 4/23/17)