Joe Arpaio: ‘What Difference Does It Make’ Who Pays For Trump’s Border Wall?

[Lakhota]

The outspoken Arizona sheriff gave Trump a pass for failing to press promises to make Mexico pay for a wall.

Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, an anti-immigration hard-liner and prominent Donald Trump supporter, said he’s not bothered by the GOP nominee’s failure to discuss payment for his proposed border wall during Wednesday’s meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Trump, who has made construction of a wall that Mexico will pay for a campaign’s signature issue, said during a joint news conference with Peña Nieto in Mexico City that the issue of who will fund the wall would be resolved in the future.

“We did discuss the wall,” Trump said. “We didn’t discuss payment of the wall. That’ll be for a later date.”

Trump has promised repeatedly that he would make Mexico pay for construction of the wall. When he asks supporters who will pay for the wall at campaign rallies, crowds roar in near unanimity: “Mexico!”

But Arpaio, the controversial Arizona sheriff known for his outspoken stance against immigration, gave Trump a pass on that detail.

“What difference does it make? The wall is important no matter who pays for it,” Arpaio said in an interview on CNN.

More: Joe Arpaio: ‘What Difference Does It Make’ Who Pays For Trump’s Border Wall?

Yep, what difference does it make. Deficit spending is no problem for Republicans.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Oh looky.....another Lakhota moron thread.

 

[Rambunctious]

Did Sheriff Joe win reelection?

 

[SYTFE]

He's right -- it will be equally as ineffective no matter who pays for it.

 

[easyt65]

Politicians have used building a wall as the proverbial carrot on a stick to sucker Americans into giving them whatever they have wanted for years....so they OWE it to the American people to finally deliver. So, Joe is actually right.

Pay up, you SOBs!

 

[Lakhota]

He's right -- it will be equally as ineffective no matter who pays for it.

I foresee hot air balloon businesses popping up along the Mexico/U.S. border.

Hopper balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[SYTFE]

Maybe he would have his sons hanging out on the border to shot them down in the air?

 

[my2¢]

Did Sheriff Joe win reelection?

Yep, he won the Republican primary yesterday and so that should nail his win in the general this November.

I think Trump has provided enough specifics of his plan to where the payment of the wall by Mexico silliness is seen as less important.

 

[Ozone]

the democrats no longer rely on hillary to defeat trump, they know it's over, so now they're putting all these eggs into the mexican basket, so to speak. that's a good metaphor, too. it's almost as old as the alt-right party. what's it like to have no recourse but to prey to a foreign demigod now, huh? yeah, i thought so.

 

[Rambunctious]

the democrats no longer rely on hillary to defeat trump, they know it's over, so now they're putting all these eggs into the mexican basket, so to speak. that's a good metaphor, too. it's almost as old as the alt-right party. what's it like to have no recourse but to prey to a foreign demigod now, huh? yeah, i thought so.

Please go on....

 

[DarkFury]

Did Sheriff Joe win reelection?

YES!!

 

[IsaacNewton]

He's right -- it will be equally as ineffective no matter who pays for it.

I foresee hot air balloon businesses popping up along the Mexico/U.S. border.

Hopper balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I imagine trampoline sales would also skyrocket in Mexico. Or paragliders. Just kite people over the border. You could also discover electricity.

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "Dat's right - he gonna make `em pay fer the wall an' dey gonna learn to like it...

Donald Trump: Mexico will pay for wall, '100%'
Thu, 01 Sep 2016 - US Republican candidate Donald Trump insists Mexico will pay for a border wall, in a key speech reaffirming his tough stance on immigration.

He told a cheering crowd in Arizona that he would secure the border, and left open the possibility that millions of illegal immigrants be deported. Hours earlier, he met Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto but said they had not discussed financing the wall. The president later insisted he had told Mr Trump Mexico would not pay. There had been speculation that the Republican candidate would back off his plan to deport the estimated 11m undocumented immigrants living in the US. In his speech in Phoenix, there were conflicting signals about this. He said their fate was not a "core issue" and that deporting "criminal aliens" would be the priority. "We will treat everyone living or residing in our country with great dignity," he said.

But later he struck a more uncompromising note when he added: "Anyone who has entered the United States illegally is subject to deportation. That is what it means to have laws." In a fiery speech that was at odds with his softer tone in Mexico City, he said he would:

* Create a "special deportation force" focused on removing immigrants arrested (not convicted) for crimes
* Cut off any path to citizenship and insisted those seeking legal status must return to their own countries first
* Introduce "extreme vetting" of immigrants to make sure they adhered to American values
* Protect the interests of African American and Hispanic workers by restricting legal immigration numbers
* Get tough on people who overstay their visas, making them subject to deportation

Mr Trump said it was the right of the US to choose immigrants that "we think are the likeliest to thrive and flourish and love us". Elaborating on that idea, he said his "extreme vetting" would involve an ideological test for immigrants applying to live in the US. "Applicants will be asked for their views about honour killings, about respect for women and gays and minorities, attitudes on radical Islam," he said. Mr Trump, a New York hotel developer, stormed to an unlikely victory in the Republican primaries partly due to his tough talking on immigration.

And in Phoenix he vowed to protect the interests of Americans who he said lose out to new arrivals. "We have to listen to the concerns that working people, our forgotten working people, have over the record pace of immigration and its impact on their jobs, wages, housing, schools, tax bills and general living conditions," he said. He accused his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton of wanting to grant amnesty to undocumented immigrants and of advocating "open border" policies. Reacting to Mr Trump's visit to Mexico, she said he had "choked" by not asking his hosts to pay for his wall.

Donald Trump: Mexico will pay for wall, '100%' - BBC News

 

[Sun Devil 92]

He's right -- it will be equally as ineffective no matter who pays for it.

I foresee hot air balloon businesses popping up along the Mexico/U.S. border.

Hopper balloon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I gotta believe the border patrol and a lot of others would enjoy using their rifles as surface to air deterants.

I hope they film the crashes !!!