McConnell Hews Closely To Trump After Speech, Says Wall ‘Suits Reality’ At Border

US President Donald Trump (L) introduces US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during a "Make America Great Again" rally at the Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky, on October 13, 2018. (Pho... US President Donald Trump (L) introduces US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) during a "Make America Great Again" rally at the Eastern Kentucky University, in Richmond, Kentucky, on October 13, 2018. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm / AFP) (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says President Donald Trump’s proposal to increase border security through physical barriers “suits the reality on the ground” along the U.S.-Mexico border.

Speaking after Trump’s Oval Office address Tuesday, the Kentucky Republican said Trump’s plan “simply builds on earlier legislation” that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats supported in the past.

McConnell blamed the 18-day partial government shutdown on “Democrats’ refusal to negotiate” because of “partisan spite for the president.”

McConnell urged Democrats to “come to the table and help deliver a solution” to reopen the government.

Trump said in his speech that there is a “growing humanitarian and security crisis” at the southern border, although crossings have fallen in recent years.

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  1. Until this affirmation McConnell has been largely absent from this wall/shutdown debate. That the first opportunity he takes to inject himself notably in the issue is in support of Trump and his wall does not bode well for ending the impasse anytime soon. He read the tea leaves and calculated throwing his lot in with hardliners as opposed to moderates was the smart play. Not good.

  2. He has got to be tamed
    That prick is responsible for the shutdown
    Trump couldn’t to it without the enabler

  3. Avatar for vonq vonq says:

    So let’s see if the Lawrence O’Donnell take comes to pass: Public “support” for Trump while letting the other Republican senators force a vote on the House bills.

  4. My boot and McConnell’s nutsack, a match made in heaven.

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