I don't think any of them don't want the wall. But I will give you that enough Republicans have also been irresponsible, feckless, and gutless when it comes to governing. Sometimes every bit as much as the Democrats. And the desire to maintain a status quo that is greatly increasing their own power, prestige, influence, and person wealth overrides everything else. They aren't willing to stick their necks out and actually get something done that will also make themselves a target of the most hateful, merciless, and ruthless of Americans.
Here's the thing... The last politician who was honest with us was Walter Mondale. He straight up said taxes would need to go up. He lost 49 states. Then the guy who beat him raised taxes anyway. And the guy who followed him. And the guy who followed him.
Now, I would love to have a politician be honest with us on undocumented immigration. Honest is admitting a wall won't work, because half of them don't get in the country that way and the other half can figure out how to breach a wall.
I could solve the illegal alien problem in a few weeks. Simply go after the people who hire them. The sweatshop owner, the rich yuppie broad who doesn't want to raise her own kids, the clown who hires a bunch of Mexicans from outside the Home Depot after that DIY project isn't as easy as Chip and Joanna made it look.
We aren;t going to do that. because as much as we all hate undocumented immigration, we love the services they provide, as much as we don't want to admit it.
My problem with Trump is that not only doesn't he want to discuss alternatives, he uses the ugliest rhetoric to inflame his base. But the real problem is that it is always easier to kick down than to punch up.
What other Presidents and/or Congresses have done has nothing to do with President Trump.
Every location that has a good, strong wall has enormously helped the border patrol do their job in those areas. Dozens and dozens of them have been willing to say so on the record including Obama's Border Patrol Chief. No the wall isn't the only thing that we need nor is it the only thing or the most important thing being proposed, but it is a good thing and given the tremendous cost to America and Americans dealing with millions of illegals, the cost is a drop in the bucket.
I haven't heard President Trump use unreasonable rhetoric to inflame anybody. He says it as he sees it, as millions of us see it. Speaking the truth is sometimes ugly and harsh, but until somebody is willing to speak it, we will never be able to deal with issues as they actually are.
Constantly attacking the President, giving him no credit for any good that is happening, accusing him of everything the haters can think up, and blaming him for everything bad that happens makes his job a whole lot harder, but he is tougher than anybody who has been in that office in my lifetime. And he doggedly keeps doing his job in the face of the most hateful, dishonest, vicious, malicious, and indefensible opposition that I have ever seen launched against a President in my lifetime.
No he won't always be right. Yes he will fail at times. Yes he sometimes uses the wrong approach or language. Everybody does. Everybody. But his track record so far has been remarkably impressive in productivity/results. The TDS crowd, including most of the MSM, refuse to acknowledge it.
He deserves much better than that. But TDS is real and vicious. Hating Trump becomes more important than anything else.