Source: Fox News
“Officials in Texas say they are preparing to buy and store border wall materials being auctioned off by the federal government and keep them in place until the Trump administration takes office in January. Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick reacted to reports of continued auctions of border wall materials that have been left near the border after the sudden stop of border wall construction in 2021. ‘I will bid on all of that wall, and we will buy it in Texas, and we will give it to Donald Trump,’ Patrick said on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’ ‘I’ve got a billion dollars in my pocket to do it,’ he said. His comments were supported by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, who said she is ‘fully prepared’ to help in the effort..” (12/17/24)