Scott Walker gets blasted for comments on Canadian border
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel
Aug. 31, 2015 3:02 p.m.
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Madison -- A day after presidential hopeful and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said considering building a wall along the border with Canada is a “legitimate issue,” the notion got panned.
“Putting a wall up between us and Canada is sort of a ridiculous notion,” said U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is also seeking the GOP presidential nomination.
“It is sort of like everybody is now competing to say, ‘Oh no, I’ll put them in camps. Oh no, I'll throw them out. Oh no, I’ll put everyone in jail. And I’ll have an electric fence, and I’ll do this.’ And it’s like, you know, the biggest thing we need to do is have a functioning immigration system, with a good work program," he told Boston Herald Radio.
Conservative Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin called Walker’s suggestion “plain goofy since immigrants are not exactly streaming in from Canada.”
And Canada’s minister for national defense and multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, told BBC that his country would "vigorously oppose any thickening of the border” and that a relatively open border was essential to trade.
Walker took the hits after saying Sunday on “Meet the Press” that building a wall along Canada’s border was “a legitimate issue for us to look at.”...........
Walker has struggled to regain his footing in recent weeks as he has seen his support drop off and Trump’s surge.
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Walker says wall on Canadian border worth reviewing
Source: AP
Sunday, August 30, 2015
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Associated Press
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