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Representatives have a very real, a nd recent,
State of the Union
m andate; and that m andate is for border security
without an unnecessary and extremely expensive
border w all.”
H ite claim ed th a t th e president’s choice to
reject th e Sen ate ’s initial b ill w as due to th is
in e xp e rien ce a s w e ll a s so m e “ m isp la ced
bravado.”
“ There is a good cha n ce th a t th ere w ill b e
another go ve rn m e n t sh u tdow n because M r.
Trump h as backed h im self into acom erw ith his
intransigenceontheissueof aborderwall,” said
Hite. “ A n d ye t, a solid m ajority o f Am ericans are
opposed to a border wall, and there is substantial
evidence that border w alls are ineffective, so if
there is another governm ent shutdow n, Trum p
will more than likely be on the losing side, again. ”
Though th e people o f the U nited States will
likely h ave to w ait for Friday to arrive before
w e k n o w w h e th e r or n o t a n oth e r sh u tdow n
w ill occur, it is clear th a t th e issue o f illegal
im m ig ra tio n is n ’t go in g an y w here. S h o u ld
neither side give ground, there is likely to be
further political conflict o n th e horizon.
need fo r a borderw all due to th e cost o f illegal
O n Tuesday, Feb. 5, President D on ald Trum p
a lso stated th a t 2019 w o u ld b e th e y e a r th a t
d e liv e r e d h is se c o n d S ta te o f th e U n io n
A m e rica n astronau ts w ould return to space.
im m ig ra tio n o n A m e rica n c itize n s as w ell
a d d r e s s . T h o u g h o r ig in a lly p o s tp o n e d
A p ro m in e n t po in t th rou gh ou t th e speech
d u e to th e g o v e r n m e n t s h u td o w n t h a t
w a s . th e n e e d fo r b ip a r tis a n w o r k in th e
a s th e th re a t o f h u m a n an d s e x tra ffick in g .
T a lk o f t a r i ff s , p h a r m a c e u tic a ls , th e
occurred d u rin g th e e n d o f D ece m b e r a n d
com in g ye a r, stating repeatedlyth at gridlock
m ilitary, and terrorism dom in ated th e latter
m u c h o f Jan u ary, th e address w as eventu ally
w o uld lead o n ly to n e ga tive re su lts.
h a lf o f th e sp e e ch , in clu d in g several gu ests
s c h e d u le d a ft e r t h e g o v e r n m e n t w a s
S o m e o f t h e a c c o m p lis h m e n t s t h e
th a t h a d b e e n im p a cte d b y th o se sp e cific
p resid e n t referen ced inclu d ed a d d in g n e w
to p ics su c h a s T o m W ibberley, w h o se so n ,
M u c h o f th e b e g in n in g o f th e sp e e ch w as
m a n u fa c tu rin g jo b s, risin g w a ge s, ta x c u ts ,
N a v y S e a m a n C ra ig W ib b e rle y, w as killed
d o m in a te d b y d iscu ssio n o f h istory. T rum p
th e e n d o f th e e s ta te ta x a n d in d iv id u a l
du rin g a terrorist a tta ck o n th e U S S C o le in
spo k e a t le n g th a b ou t W o rld W a r II, as Ju n e
m andate penalty for th e A ffordable Care A ct,
O cto b e r 20 0 0 .
te m p o ra rily reo pen ed o n Ja n . 25.
w ill m ark th e 75th an n iversary o f th e m ajor
th e F a rm b ill a nd D e p artm en t o f V e te ra n s
e v e n ts su c h as D -D a y . T h ree W o rld W a r II
A ffa ir s a ccou ntability.
T h e p resid e n t en d e d th e sp e e ch w ith a
c a ll to a ctio n to re m em b e r th e p a st an d to
stride tow ards a b e tte r fu tu re.
veterans were h ighlighted during th e speech,
A large po rtion o f th e sp e e ch also covered
in clu d in g Private F irst C la s s Jo se p h R eilly ,
c r im in a l ju s t ic e r e fo r m , r e fe r e n c in g a
“ W e m u s t c h o o s e w h e th e r w e w ill
S t a ff S erge an t Irv in g Lock er an d S erge an t
b ip a rtisa n b ill th a t w a s p a sse d a t th e e n d
sq u a n d e r o u r in h e r ita n c e o r w h e th e r w e
H e r m a n Z e itch ik .
o f la s t year.
w ill proudly declare th a t w e are A m e rica n s,”
H e also recognized th e 50th anniversary o f
A s is th e case w ith m an y o f th e president’s
said Trum p. “ W e do th e incredible. W e d efy
th e m o o n la n d in g, featu rin g astronau t B u zz
s p e e c h e s , ille g a l im m ig r a tio n w a s a lso a
th e im po ssible. W e conquer th e upknoW n. ”
A ldrin , w h o w as in attendance. The president
m ajo r to p ic o f d iscu ssio n , re fe ren cin g th e
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