Mike Levin is cherry-picking his border security facts

January 25, 2019

Approving funding for a border wall is nothing new for Congress, but according to Rep. Mike Levin, it’s not something that would happen in a “normal political environment.”

In an interview with the Dana Point Times yesterday, Rep. Mike Levin said it was typical for border security technology funding to pass in a “normal political environment.” But apparently, according to Levin, not border security funding that includes money for a wall.

Here are a few reminders for Rep. Levin of when it was “normal” for Democrats to support building a wall along our Southern border:

In 2017, when Democrats voted for $1.57 billion in border wall funding.
In 2013, when 54 Democrats voted to invest $46 billion in border security improvements and added 700 miles of border fencing.
In 2006, when 26 Democrats approved $1.4 billion for 700 miles of fencing and $50 billion in maintenance costs.

NRCC comment: “Mike Levin is drinking Nancy Pelosi and radical Democrats’ Kool-Aid if he doesn’t think border wall funding is ‘normal’ or essential to securing our southern border. Levin’s selective memory on border security funding is holding 800,000 government workers hostage. Rep. Levin should stop cherry-picking the facts, vote for real border security, and vote to fund the government.” – NRCC Spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair