Senator of Tennessee Martha Blackburn It was claimed on Monday that many non-Republican voters had been telling her that they “missed” former President Trump’s policies.
Republican representatives made comments in an appearance on Monday Fox Business’ Kudlow. Most of the content in this section focuses on discussions about Trump’s border wall.
Blackburn told the host Larry Kudlow about her thoughts on how to fund the wall, adding, “I have many people who told me:’I’m not a Republican, but I miss the president’s policies. Donald Trump.'”
Although Trump ran for the presidency in 2015, claiming that he would build a wall and Mexico would pay for it, Mexican leaders never agreed to this promise.
While discussing his dissatisfaction with the bipartisan infrastructure bill worth $1 trillion, Blackburn regretted Trump’s loss of national leadership status. After nearly 70 senators voted for the bill on Sunday, the bill seemed Very close to passing.
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The congresswoman tried to use the funds in the proposed bill for more construction of the border wall, but was blocked. Senate Democratic Party.
“You know, they are not interested,” Blackburn said. “Democrats are not interested in improving the bill. I have an amendment that requires that $1 billion be taken from Amtrak’s bribery fund and used to build a wall on the southern border, but I see that they are not interested in solving this problem.”
Although the $1 trillion infrastructure bill aims to fund large-scale projects, the president Joe Biden The other bipartisan architects of the bill have focused their budgets on buildings such as roads and bridges, rather than walls.
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In the past few years, Blackburn has been embroiled in controversy over allegations of xenophobia and racism.
During her initial campaign to become a senator from Tennessee, her team posted a false advertisement claiming that the current President Phil Bredesen had violated “Trump’s immigration ban” by offering them driving Permit, “to lure illegal immigrants to Tennessee.”
In 2020, she called China the “new axis of evil” and blamed the epidemic on the Chinese people. She also promoted the rejection of student visas for Chinese scholars. In December last year, Blackburn tweeted that “China has a history of 5,000 years of deception and theft. Some things will never change…” and was strongly opposed.
Chen Weihua, Director of China National Media Bureau and columnist China Daily He replied: “This is the most racist and most ignorant U.S. Senator I have ever seen. A lifetime b***h.”
