Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-Texas) said Thursday on Fox News Channel's “The Ingraham Angle” that Texas will be bidding on border wall materials that the federal government is reportedly bidding on. said. trying to sell Pennies on the dollar at auction.
Patrick predicted that the incoming Trump administration will challenge the legality of so-called sanctuary cities. He also announced plans to purchase border wall materials for the state.
“Texas is united on the front lines of the fight against illegal offenders,” host Laura Ingraham said. “But do you think the time has come? DanBecause if people like these sanctuary mayors actually try to interfere with the federal government's sole and supreme responsibility to enforce border laws, will they pay a price? ”
“Of course, Laura,” Patrick replied. “When I became lieutenant governor in 2015, one of the first bills we pushed was to have no sanctuary cities in Texas and no sanctuary cities in Texas. I am completely disgusted with everything this administration does and every Democrat in every blue state and every blue city. They are subverting the will of the people. They're putting the public at risk. And Tom Homan, he's the new sheriff in town. And Pam Bondi, she's going to prosecute them. They're going to go to jail. As Tom Homan said, if you hide, if you hide illegal aliens, it's a felony.”
He continued, “Remember, Laura, there are likely to be terrorists among this group of illegal aliens. We have arrested many people who have crossed the border in the past few years.'' We know that, but we don't know who they are, whether they are murderers, sex offenders, rapists. This is outrageous. I'm telling you, any blue governor or mayor who does this needs to stop, Buttercup. We don't care if you're a man or a woman. We're a Texas business. , Tom Homan means business, and President Trump means business.”
“And, Laura, I don't know if you heard the latest story today, but Joe Biden is now tearing down the border wall that's been sitting there for years, and he's putting it up for auction starting at $5 a piece. I’m trying to hang it,” Patrick added. “Send a message to the White House right now. I'm going to bid on all that wall, buy it in Texas, and give it to Donald Trump. So I'm going to find out where to bid first thing in the morning. We're going to do it. I have $1 billion in my pocket. I'm going to write the budget with Senator John Huffman. We have about $6 billion for border security. We're going to buy it.''
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