Conservatives Fume Over DACA Deal As Trump Tries To Mollify His Base
Radio hosts and sites like Breitbart were livid over the possibility that Trump made a deal with Democrats. But he continues to insist his border wall will still get built and he's not capitulating.
by Jessica Taylor
Sep 14, 2017
4 minutes
Conservatives are livid after President Trump appeared to have made a deal with Democrats in order to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program — claiming he is abandoning his base and the stringent immigration platform he campaigned on.
Commentator Ann Coulter went on a Twitter tirade Thursday, furious that the president appeared to be reneging on his trademark border wall. "Put a fork in Trump, he's dead," the outspoken author and once-fervent Trump ally wrote. "At this point, who DOESN'T want Trump impeached?"
"If we're not getting a wall, I'd prefer President Pence," she added.
To Coulter and others, Trump's ultimate betrayal came after
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