Freedom Caucus chair threatens shutdown over border wall

House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows says the next government spending bill, which needs to be passed at the end of September, must fund the construction of President Trump's border wall, or else there'll be a government shutdown.

In an interview with Breitbart's Washington editor Matt Boyle, Meadows predicted there'd be enough Republicans to block any funding package that doesn't include money for Trump's wall.

Whether that's true or not — and of course GOP leadership could choose to partner with Democrats and moderates to keep the government funded — the most newsworthy part of the interview is when Meadows tells Breitbart his private conversations with President Trump have led him to conclude that Trump won't sign any government funding bill that doesn't fund his wall:

"My conversations with the President have led me to believe that there is nothing less than a full and total commitment on his part to only sign into law a funding bill that actually allows for us to start construction of a border wall on our southern border. He's committed to do that. We're committed to supporting him in that position."

Reminder: In May, after Trump was deeply dissatisfied with his first deal to avoid a government shutdown, the President tweeted that the U.S. might need a "good shutdown" in the fall to fix the "mess" in Washington.


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This is our chance! RACA for the Wall lol

No brainer. Only path forward for all parties is RACA for Wall.

There will never be a mass amnesty.

There won't be a wall.

Why are you saying that?

Are you personally opposed to the Wall?

or do you have credible reason to be believe there won't be any funding the for the Wall?

20 billion is a chump change in grand scheme of the Fed Budget.

They won't pass budget for the wall.

My opinion and I'm entitled to it.

How do you back up your opinion? Are you implying Democrats will not vote for the bill? You need reasoning for your opinion.

GOP is anti-big-Govt

So they will shutdown the Govt

They did it before, they will do it again.

If that happens, the Wall will be eventually built.

But there won't be nothing in return.

This is the nightmare scenario.

Trump/GOP gets everything they want. While we are left with nothing.

If they shut down the govt they will eventually cave like last time

They gonna use us for the wall.... Nice!!

Build that sh*t!!!

...so it can be knocked down later lel

RACA 2017!!!!

There won't be a wall. It's a fantasy at this point. The dems will block it to the death. I support the wall but political reality forbids it. The Bridge Act will have to pass as a stand alone bill...which it will if we get on it.