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‘The Government Sucks At Designing Things,’ Said Border Wall Builder Whose Project Might Now Collapse

MISSION, TEXAS - DECEMBER 11: A loader grades land near a section of privately-built border wall under construction on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. The hardline immigration group We Build The Wall is const... MISSION, TEXAS - DECEMBER 11: A loader grades land near a section of privately-built border wall under construction on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. The hardline immigration group We Build The Wall is constructing the wall on private land along a stretch of the Rio Grande, which forms the border with Mexico. The group, led by former Trump strategist Stephen Bannon claims to have raised tens of millions of dollars in a GoFundMe drive to build sections of wall along the southwest border with Mexico. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) MORE LESS

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July 2, 2020 3:19 p.m.

In March, the triple amputee Air Force veteran and GoFundMe-powered border wall evangelist Brian Kolfage celebrated a major achievement: His fundraising group, We Build The Wall, had completed its second border wall project along the southern border.

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