WATCH: Rep. Mace Calls Out Democrats for Hypocrisy on Border Wall, Capitol Security
February 18, 2021
Washington - Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) on Thursday spoke with Fox News’ Dana Perino and Bill Hemmer regarding the hypocrisy of Democrats who want to fund razor wire fencing around the nation's Capitol while refusing to fund a wall at the southern border.
Watch the full clip HERE and see an excerpt of the transcript below:
BILL HEMMER: We now know the Guard’s going to leave in mid-March. What’s wrong with this weekend?
REP. NANCY MACE: Well, it should be right now, today. I mean, this is the Capitol of supposedly the freest country in the world being protected by miles and miles of razor wire-draped fencing. Who are we protecting ourselves from? Our American citizens should be to visit the Capitol. One of the issues we have when we’re faced with a crisis and post-crisis is we start to take our freedoms away, and the biggest challenge in doing that is it’s really hard to take it back. We were told this fencing and the National Guard were going to be here a few weeks. A few weeks may turn into a few months, and I’ve even heard rumors it could go into the fall. And so we’ve got to put a stop to it right now. And ironically – I hate politics, it’s why I got into politics because I hate the hypocrisy that we see in politics and we’re seeing it now. We have the far left who wants to fund this border security around the Capitol, but they don’t want to fund a border wall at our southern border. I don’t understand it at all.
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HEMMER: On immigration, here’s the idea: eight year path to citizenship – three years if you’re a DACA recipient – would award green cards to immigrants who pay taxes, and applies to immigrants who arrive before the year 2021. There’s a certain rich irony happening in Washington, don’t you think? I mean you referred to it, you’re putting up a wall around the Capitol and you’re preventing one from continuing on the southwest border.
REP. MACE: I don’t know how you can do this and not have border security or a border wall not be a part of the conversation. All this talk about unity and working together, we can’t have one-sided legislation, one-sided policies and ideas, and not work together. This is not what the American people deserve. And we’re hurting right now, we’re struggling. People are out of work, kids are out of schools, we have people desperate to get vaccinations. These are the things that should really be our focus right now for the future of our country.
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