White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said House Republicans “completely lied” about a promise to the president to get funding for the border wall. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Wednesday sharply criticized House Republicans for failing to deliver sufficient border wall funding to President Trump when they controlled the chamber and cited that as a justification for his emergency declaration. “There’s no question the Republican House failed, and they failed us in securing the border, but they also failed to make good on the promise to him that we would get that money for the wall,” Conway said. Conway’s comments echoed those of Trump in an interview last month in which he accused former House speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) of reneging on a deal to provide wall funding. Speaking to the Daily Caller, Trump said he reluctantly agreed to sign an omnibus spending bill in March 2018 to avert a government shutdown after Ryan promised him Republicans would secure border wall funding for him later in the year.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2019 14:29 UTC