In perhaps her starkest lie yet, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said with a straight face Wednesday that it’s purely Democratic spin that the current fight, which could lead to a shutdown, centers on President Donald Trump’s demand for a border wall.
“Let’s not all acquiesce to the ridiculous sound bite that this is about a wall,” Conway said to the Fox and Friends hosts. “They’re trying to make ‘wall’ a four-letter word but the President has been talking about border security all along.”
Trump helpfully chimed in a few minutes later with the following tweet, in which he himself clearly equates border security to the wall.
In our Country, so much money has been poured down the drain, for so many years, but when it comes to Border Security and the Military, the Democrats fight to the death. We won on the Military, which is being completely rebuilt. One way or the other, we will win on the Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
As even the most casual observer of the fracas knows, congressional Democrats and the President have been stuck at a standstill for the past couple weeks due to Trump’s insistence on getting $5 billion for his border wall and Democrats’ flat refusal.
In recent days, Trump seems to be softening his stance and may accept a deal lacking wall funding to avert a partial government shutdown just before the holidays.
Watch Conway’s whopper here:
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) December 19, 2018
