GOP lawmaker: Mexico will pay 'part of the tab' for wall

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY JOHN BOWDEN - 08/25/17 10:18 AM EDT

A GOP lawmaker said on Friday that Mexico will end up paying for "part" of President Trump's border wall, saying it would be part of trade negotiations between the two nations.

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) said on "New Day" on Friday that America's southern neighbor will pay "part of the tab" for the wall, pushing back on the CNN anchor's insistence that Trump had backed down from this signature campaign promise for Mexico to foot the bill during private conversations with the Mexican president.

"I don't have any question that Mexico will pay at least part of the tab," Griffith said. "It has to be a partnership, I have no doubt about that."

"They want to continue to have trade with these United States, and to bring their products north," he added. "And that's part of the negotiations between nation-states, and we're going to work that out."



Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/347944-va-lawmaker-mexico-will-pay-part-of-the-tab-for-wall

[exboyfil]

1. One panel but they get to decorate the U.S.

side.

I wonder what it would say.

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Listen to Vicente Fox:

http://www.newsweek.com/vicente-fox-trump-border-wall-646482

[SCVDem]

3. You better ask what the farmers think.

Mexico will not buy American corn and they have options.

Why do Republicans think Mexicans are stupid?

It's time for another Vincente Fox video!

"Mexico will not pay for that fucking wall!"

[DBoon]

9. "Why do Republicans think Mexicans are stupid?"

Because Republicans are irredeemable racists

The overwhelming majority of Republican voters have probably never been outside the USA and have no clue how the rest of the world operates.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. The ONLY way that could happen would be

if the U.S. government froze Mexican assets in American banks and coveted those funds, against international law.

It wouldn't exactly be Mexico paying for the wall as much as it would be confiscation of its money.

[Virtual Burlesque]

11. It would be more America paying through the disruption or its normal trade

Following the unprecedented act of confiscating a foreign national's funds for no legitimate purpose.

[dalton99a]

5. Trump: "Enrique, can you chip in, like $5? I need to tell them you're paying. Please?"

[Cracklin Charlie]

6. Wall on border with Mexico?

Dumbest. Idea. Ever?

[christx30]

12. it's the second dumbest idea ever.

Right after "President Donald J. Trump".

[Cracklin Charlie]

13. You got me!

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. ...but why not a wall on the northern border..she said snarkly...eom

[Initech]

8. Really? I believe their response was something along the lines of "go fuck yourself".

[Blue Idaho]

10. This is what we call an uninformed opinion.

This guy don't know shit and his guess is wildly off the mark.