GOP Rep. Diane Black Proposes Crowdfunding to Help Pay for Border Wall
President Trump‘s initial pledge to build the wall and have Mexico pay for it remains an unresolved issue, but one member of Congress is proposing a way to have Americans help fund it.
Congresswoman Diane Black (R- TN) appeared on Fox News this afternoon and spoke with Harris Faulkner about her bill [PDF] called the Border Wall Trust Fund Act to “allow the Secretary of the Treasury to accept public donations to fund the construction of a barrier on the border between the United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.”
Black explained to Faulkner that “it allows those who really want to see a secure border” give to a trust to raise money for the wall.
Faulkner asked, “What happened to Mexico paying for it?”
“I would like for Mexico to pay for that,” Black said, “and I’m not close enough to the administration to see what kind of pressure they’re putting on them.”
Since she announced the proposal a few days ago, Black said she’s heard from a lot of people who support the idea, saying that Americans have told her they would “be willing to help fund the wall.”
Black also spoke with Townhall and said, “I think that the President has built his case and hopefully in future funding there will be more funding for the wall but why not have multiple sources so we can have the wall done faster?”
Watch above, via Fox News.
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