Sixth District U.S. Congressman Glen Grothman spoke with Seehafer News this afternoon on the prolonged partial federal government shutdown centered on the funding for a border wall between the United States and Mexico. President Trump is asking Congress for $5.7 billion to build it, which according to Grothman is a seventh of what America spends annually on foreign aid.
The local legislator who serves Manitowoc County in his constituency—admits the Republicans and President Trump need to communicate their message “more clearly.”
Grothman anticipates the President “standing firm” and thinks the shutdown could last months, adding “it’s not the best-case scenario but we can no longer compromise our national security by letting just anyone obtain citizenship without sound “checks and balances.” He adds that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s request that the President delay his State of the Union address because of the shutdown is just pure “partisan politics.” Grothman will hold a Town Hall meeting at the Manitowoc Public Library Sunday afternoon from 2:30 to 3:30. He then leaves later that evening to tour the border in Arizona and Texas.
