Republicans Are Ditching the Wall

Published: Jan. 31, 2019, 12:34 p.m.

President Donald Trump has yet to break ground on his great border wall, but already it\u2019s proving to be a powerful deterrent. Republicans are running away from it. In TV interviews last weekend, Republican lawmakers bent over backward to avoid the word wall. \u201cI happen to agree with the president on barriers,\u201d said Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine pledged \u201cto continue to build physical barriers.