RNC Spokeswoman: GOP Must Increase Lead in Senate, House to Get Southern Border Wall Built

OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 12:57 AM PT — Fri. Aug. 3, 2018

A top Republican National Committee spokeswoman is saying she believes the southern border wall will get built if the GOP extends their majorities in Congress leading into the November midterms.
During an interview on The Hill Friday, Kayleigh McEnany called the border wall a “lightning rod issue” for the Republican base.
This comes just a day after President Trump said he was torn on whether to force a government shutdown in order to get border wall funding.
During a speech in Pennsylvania this week, the president reaffirmed his promise to build the wall, but said Democrats could make the process tedious.

A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks at one of border wall prototypes Thursday, June 28, 2018, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

“And we’re going to start to get really nasty over the wall, you know — the Democrats…anything I want they want to oppose,” stated President Trump. “You know, I just figured out how to do the wall — I’ll say ‘I don’t want to build the wall’ and they’ll insist on building it.”
Meanwhile, McEnany suggested that border security is one of the more popular issues for supporters of the RNC.
“I was talking to one of our interns and she said ‘do you know one of the most emailed things I get at the RNC is, when are we going to build the wall?’ — because that really motivates our base, building the wall, immigration,” she explained. “That is a lightning rod issue, it’s in the top three of concerned voters, top issues.”
According to a recent report however, that funding for the wall and border security may not just be a hot button issue exclusively for conservatives.
The report — published by the Bipartisan Policy Center — asserted that “most Americans believe the current immigration system is broken, out of control and antiquated.” Moreover, the status of the border wall is still in question.
The House released a spending bill for the wall last month, but their five billion dollar total is much less than the $25 billion originally requested by President Trump.
Congress will have until next month to agree on a set total when the federal budget year ends on Thursday, September 30.