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    Jackie Calmes‏ @jackiekcalmes 16h16 hours ago

    FUN FACT: Fully 820 miles of the nearly 2,000-mile US-Mexico border -- 41% -- is represented by a Republican, Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, who opposes a wall and was just reelected in a tough race in which he emphasized that position.

    12:54 pm - 4 Jan 2019
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      2. Joshua White‏ @Blk_Clark_Kent 14h14 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes

        Several people have said that Trump knows more about what the state of Texas needs than actual Texans.

        4 replies . 1 retweet 29 likes
      3. Marcee LundeenⓋ‏ @LundeenMarcee 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @Blk_Clark_Kent @jackiekcalmes

        Like driving and turning left into the US...across the Rio Grande.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      4. Jackie Calmes‏ @jackiekcalmes 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @LundeenMarcee @Blk_Clark_Kent

        for funding to reopen govt, and against money for wall

        0 replies . 0 retweets 2 likes
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      2. JustDave‏ @TxLobo 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes

        Has he even bothered to answer why? He also voted to end the shutdown without border funds..

        1 reply . 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Jackie Calmes‏ @jackiekcalmes 16h16 hours ago
        Replying to @TxLobo

        He has many times criticized it as an ineffective and costly option, and endorsed technology & more agents, resources. Also, many private landowners & parkland interests in his district oppose a wall.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 5 likes
      4. JustDave‏ @TxLobo 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes

        Thank you, since I'm not in his district (I'm in North Central Texas) we don't always get the rest of the story. I had not seen anything on his twitter account to reflect his voting records..

        1 reply . 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. Bob Lynch‏ @LynchpinL 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @TxLobo @jackiekcalmes

        That is because he wants to keep it all quiet since he is a dependable partisan hack

        0 replies . 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. All the Best Words‏ @FrenettMarco 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes @RonBrownstein

        Hurd is also a former CIA Officer who can be trusted to be a greater national security expert than Trump

        4 replies . 5 retweets 51 likes
      3. Tainty McGrundle‏ @TaintyMcGrundle 10h10 hours ago
        Replying to @FrenettMarco @jackiekcalmes @RonBrownstein

        Hurd squandered away his IC cred by idly standing by as a member of the HPSCI where Nunes and Gowdy made a mockery of congressional oversight (likely criminally obstructing justice in doing so)

        2 replies . 0 retweets 20 likes
      4. Jesse Hapke  🗽‏ @JesseHapke 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @TaintyMcGrundle @FrenettMarco and

        Agreed, but losing credibility is not the same as losing expertise.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Chris Csernica‏ @chris_csernica 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes

        For most folks who actually live on the border, a wall is the last thing they want. It's going to cut a lot of ranches right in half, and they know for a fact that there's no real danger from border crossings.

        0 replies . 10 retweets 121 likes
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      2. Nickie‏ @NBL2006 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes @jwharris

        More fun facts: More than 2 million acres of border lands are owned by SOVEREIGN Native tribes who maintain their own border controls.

        1 reply . 6 retweets 32 likes
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      2. kristina‏ @BadMamaJamaKris 9h9 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes @HC_Richardson

        To be fair, his Democratic opponent was also against the construction of a wall. Many border Texans have been speaking out against the wall since it was first proposed on the campaign trail, especially those who will lose land...

        1 reply . 2 retweets 5 likes
      3. Andrew Wells‏ @wellsab 7h7 hours ago
        Replying to @BadMamaJamaKris @jackiekcalmes @HC_Richardson

        The wall was never a serious proposal. Bannon suggested it to Trump as rhetorical shorthand for talking about immigration policy on the campaign trail. But Trump's reptile brain will never let it go and now the GOP has to humor him until he's out of office.

        0 replies . 2 retweets 2 likes
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      2. Turtle Time‏ @McBankrupt 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes @LauraWalkerKC

        Pretty sure he was one of the five or seven w/e it was R reps to vote for the bills to reopen with no wall last night too.

        3 replies . 1 retweet 22 likes
      3. Catherine Margaronis‏ @CMargaronis 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @McBankrupt @jackiekcalmes @LauraWalkerKC

        He most certainly was!

        0 replies . 0 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Eileen Kasai‏ @olikolokolo 15h15 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes @djrothkopf

        No doubt he is the one qualified/knowledgeable R voice to consult with about the best way to protect the border, and exactly the one R voice the WH & other Rs will ignore.

        0 replies . 2 retweets 20 likes
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      2. ninigirl‏ @ninigirl84 8h8 hours ago
        Replying to @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        Additionally, he was one of the 7 Republicans who voted with Democrats against wall funding and to re-open the government. I wish we could hear more from him, his perspective is interesting and important.

        1 reply . 1 retweet 7 likes
      3. Arcanjel‏ @bstnboy 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @ninigirl84 @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        He and Beto are tight. They drove from TX to DC at least once. Have become close.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. ninigirl‏ @ninigirl84 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @bstnboy @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        I heard something about that after it happened. Didn't they live-stream some of the trip on fb? I would have loved to listen in, think they are both really the kind of ppl I want to see in office.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Arcanjel‏ @bstnboy 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @ninigirl84 @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        I heard Beto talk about it. He said you really get to know someone that way and helps him be a Congressman.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. ninigirl‏ @ninigirl84 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @bstnboy @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        I completely agree. Beto seems to understand what it takes to actually create coalitions and I think that's essential to get anything done in gov't, as opposed to the current president who doesn't have a clue, IMO.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 3 likes
      7. Arcanjel‏ @bstnboy 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @ninigirl84 @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        WAPO has story out tonight that fat-ass had no idea what the government actually did until after he shut it down. Shoots from hip, listens to no one but Putin.

        1 reply . 0 retweets 1 like
      8. ninigirl‏ @ninigirl84 6h6 hours ago
        Replying to @bstnboy @jackiekcalmes @PeaceLibLady

        I just read that story, it is truly terrifying to think about the degree of sheer stupidity in the White House.

        0 replies . 0 retweets 0 likes
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