Well, as we get closer and closer to the election
in November, we're probably going to start
hearing a lot more about Donald Trump's border
wall. I mean, after all, that was the big
thing that he campaigned on in 2016, talked
about it for the good first three years of
his administration. And then suddenly last
six, seven months, I haven't heard anything
about the border wall. Now, admittedly, there
has been a pandemic and an economic collapse
in there the last seven months, but the border
wall is still a thing, right? I mean, parts
of it have been built. Some of it's been built
by the federal government. Other parts have
actually been built by a private organizations.
You know, like the, we build the wall group
that all recently got arrested for charitable
fraud for using the money to enrich themselves.
But Hey, they actually did pay $1.5 million
as part of a, uh, you know, 20 to $30 million
project to build a three mile stretch of wall,
uh, along the Rio Grande.
And they actually hired a company called Fisher
sand and gravel to build that part of the
wall and Fisher sand and gravel has, uh, been
one of Donald Trump's preferred contractors
to build the wall. He has recommended them.
He has spoken highly of them. And that is
because the president of the company, Tommy
Fisher is not only a big Trump donor, but
somebody who regularly appears on Fox news
to talk about how awesome Trump is. And of
course, what a great idea of the wall is because
he stands to make billions from it. If he
gets the contracts. But according to a new
analysis, by a engineering groups that were
actually ordered to do the analysis by the
court system, Fisher's not doing a good job
building the wall and the a few miles of wall
that he has been hired to build by, by private
funders, not by the federal government, but
the few miles after just a few months is already
starting to crumble because it was very shoddy.
And according to engineers, who've looked
at it. Not only was it shoddy, but plenty
of corners were cut, you know, subpar equipment
and products used. And worst of all, he didn't
take into account how the terrain itself would
affect erosion, specifically being right there
on the Rio Grande with the sand and silt,
the water, they say any of that is going to
cause this thing to absolutely fall down
In short, this guy doesn't know what he is
doing. And this wall hasn't even been up for
a year and it's literally falling apart right
now. And this is a guy that Donald Trump wants
to give big contracts to, to build the whole
wall. This is a group that the charity fraud
folks over at, we build the wall, gave one
and a half million dollars to wow, Tommy Fisher,
man, you, you must be really proud of yourself
actually Fisher just about two months ago.
I think it was in July. Uh, went on a podcast,
hosted by Steve Bannon of all people and a
band and asked him about these accusations
of shoddy engineering work. Cause they were
floating around back then before this report
came out and he said, you know, that's ridiculous.
None of that's true. We're doing great work.
And you know, I'll meet anybody down there
and I'll show them how awesome this is because
I, I, you know, I'm great at this and banned
and then went on to say, I've learned everything
I know about building walls from you and Mr.
Fisher, whatever the hell that means. Yeah.
Maybe you should find another teacher band
and maybe you could find one in prison cause
you're facing 20 years, by the way, on the
counts that you're facing. Nevertheless folks,
the wall has been a big, giant grift for the
right, whether it's the, we build the wall.
People, whether it's, you know, uh, Fisher,
sand and gravel, anyone who thinks they can
pocket a little bit of cash off this lofty
promise from Donald Trump, that he has no
intention of actually following through on
they're going to do it. And the Republican
donors out there, the average Republican voters,
you're going to be the ones footing the bill
for it.
