Border Wall Fire Sale & New Jersey’s Drone Mystery | 12.13.24
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The Biden administration rushes to sell off large sections of border wall materials before Donald Trump takes office. We have the Daily Wire exclusive.
They're taking half a mile's worth of unused border wall north every day.
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Democrats from the White House to local officials are taking steps to hinder President-elect Donald Trump's plan to build the wall at the southern border. A Daily Wire exclusive report on Thursday revealed that the Biden administration is selling off materials for the border wall at fire sale prices.
Here to talk about the efforts to thwart Trump's agenda before he takes office is Daily Wire reporter Tim Pierce. Hey, Tim. So the Daily Wire published a video yesterday of trucks in Arizona hauling off tons of materials set aside for border wall construction. What's going on there?
Yeah, The Daily Wire was able to reveal this thanks to the reporting of James Lalino. He obtained video from a source he has in Arizona that shows a government contractor trucking company hauling away tons of border wall materials. Those materials, these heavy steel slats and bollards, are being shipped north. This is potentially millions of dollars worth of materials, and it's being placed on a government surplus auction site where the starting bid for a segment of wall is just $5. Here's Lalino.
I mean, some of these sections were going for a few thousand dollars in recent auctions, but it's pennies on the dollar compared to how valuable it is. This is, you know, four pieces of wall in each package. This isn't just one tiny little border wall. This is four pieces and it's starting at five dollars a pop.
So this sounds like potentially a massive waste of taxpayer money going on here. What's the goal?
Well, the Biden administration refused to answer questions on this fire sale. But a border agent in Arizona told Lulino that the operation looks like the Biden administration is trying to hamper Trump's plans to restart construction on the border wall. Here was Trump in January this year.
On day one of my new administration, I will seal the border and I will shut down the invasion of millions of people that are coming through into our country.
According to the agent, officials want the materials gone by Christmas. That would mean no materials to immediately restart construction of the border wall, which Trump was counting on for his day one lockdown of the border. And it's not clear what needs to happen for Trump to replace all those materials. It may be that he has to fight again for Congress to approve more funds, which will take away from other priorities he has heading into a second term.
It seems like a petty but maybe effective move to slow Trump's agenda here. Now, we have more news about not just federal but local officials trying to Trump-proof their areas before he takes office. What's going on in California?
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Mairead Elordi 3 min
Cabot Phillips 2 min
John Bickley 2 min
Tim Pierce 2 min
NetSuite Ad Narrator 1 min
Georgia Howe 1 min
Jim Desmond 1 min
Governor Ron DeSantis
James Lalino
Unidentified Speaker (Brief Interjection)
Brent Sadler
Texas Rep. Tony Gonzalez
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Donald Trump
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