Senate Republicans have taken a stance which mirrors President Trump’s; Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recently announced that Republicans will not approve legislation which the president wouldn’t sign. This is an obvious reference to the border wall. Trump has ongoingly maintained that he will not sign any bills which fail to provide the $5 billion dollars for necessary border security.
The stakes in this battle continue to get higher and higher. Towards the end of 2018, the president announced that he will shut the Southern border down entirely if Democrats continue to refuse wall funding.
House Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have faced ongoing criticism from conservatives since the government shutdown. Many members of the right-wing believe that Democrats are intentionally stonewalling the border wall out of fear; border security is something which President Trump heavily campaigned upon in the 2016 election. Therefore, some Americans believe that Democrats are merely playing politics.
