Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick recently vowed to counteract the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to sell off pieces of the border wall before President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House and resumes power. Patrick indicated that Texas would seek to bid on every single piece that was being sold and give it directly back to the Trump administration.
A key aspect of Trump’s agenda that he successfully ran his campaign on was finishing the construction of the border wall in a broader effort to fight the wave of illegal immigration that occurred under the outgoing administration. Some estimates suggest that millions have unlawfully crossed the border under Biden and Harris, where American communities have faced varying consequences from the massive influx of migrants.
“We mean business in Texas, and Tom Homan means business, and President Trump means business,” Patrick said during a recent interview with Fox News’ Laura Ingraham. “And I don’t know if you heard the latest today, Laura, but Joe Biden is now hauling off the border wall that’s been lying down for years and he wants to auction it off starting at $5 apiece.”
Patrick made it clear that the Lone Star state will act on behalf of the Trump administration to retain these crucial materials. “Message their White House right now: I will bid on all of that wall and we will buy it in Texas and we will give it to Donald Trump.” he said.
Indicating that he has planned for the financial logistics of acquiring the border wall pieces, he continued, “So I’m gonna find out first thing in the morning where we are going to take the bid. I’ve got a billion dollars in my pocket to do it. I write the budget with (Texas state) Senator Joan Huffman. We have the money. We’re gonna have about $6 billion in our budget for border security. We’ll buy it.”
However, Ingraham jokoingly warned Patrick not to drive up the bids on the border wall. “Dan, don’t drive up the cost. Don’t drive up the cost. It’s only five bucks apiece of the wall,” she said. “I know, and I will go in and buy it all,” Patrick replied. “I’m not going to drive up the…” Ingraham cut in, “What does this tell you about the Biden people. They’re essentially greenlighting – they want more people coming in.”
“I told you, they’re despicable,” Patrick said calling out the Biden-Harris administration over the clear effort to undermine Trump. “They’re despicable what they’re doing to the American people. And the American people obviously aren’t gonna tolerate it, that’s why they were thrown out. But the idea – we’ve been trying to buy this wall from them for four years and they wouldn’t sell it to us.”
Watch the interview with Patrick below:
“The legacy of Joe Biden, he lets off his son; he’s letting off all these criminals; he’s doing everything he can and with these blue state governors and mayors to destroy this country,” Patrick pronounced. “They are traitors to this country, leaving terrorists, leaving murderers, leaving rapists in this country and now he wants to sabotage this president before he takes office. It is disgraceful and disgusting. He will go down as the worst, most despicable president in the history of this country because no one has done more to damage this country and hurt American citizens.”
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