Associated Press
August 31, 2015
Scott
Walker‘s suggestion that building a wall between Canada and the U.S.
might be a “legitimate” idea prompted swift derision from fellow
Republicans on Monday and an
attempt by his campaign to clarify what he meant.
The
Wisconsin governor was asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday
whether he thought a wall should be built along the more than 5,000
miles of border with Canada.
“Some
people have asked us about that in New Hampshire,” he said. “They
raised some very legitimate concerns, including some law enforcement
folks that brought that up
to me at one of our town hall meetings about a week and a half ago. So
that is a legitimate issue for us to look at.”
Mr. Walker’s campaign spokeswoman, AshLee Strong, said Monday his comments were being misunderstood.
“Despite
the attempts of some to put words in his mouth, Gov. Walker wasn’t
advocating for a wall along our northern border,” Strong said. She said
he meant that border
security was a legitimate issue.
But the fact he appeared to entertain the notion of a northern wall brought a swift response.
“That’s
a pretty dumb idea,” Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, a 2016 rival, told
Boston Herald Radio. “There have been a lot of dumb ideas put out. One,
that the Mexicans will
pay for a wall, was probably the dumbest of dumb ideas. But putting a
wall up between us and Canada is sort of a ridiculous notion.” Donald
Trump has proposed pressure tactics to persuade Mexico to pay for a wall
along its border with the U.S.
Mike
Murphy, a Republican strategist who leads the Right to Rise political
action committee supporting Jeb Bush, said on Twitter that Walker was
distracted by “his plan”
to build a wall along the Canadian border.
Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy from the border state of Vermont piled on, too.
“Terrible idea,” he said. “Election season always brings out crazy ideas, but this is one of the craziest.”
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