'Standing by to help': Red state reveals
plan to purchase auctioned border wall
materials to store for Trump
Fox News,
by
Adam Shaw *
Original Article
Posted By: Harlowe,
12/17/2024 12:19:17 PM
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.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
padiva 12/17/2024 12:26:17 PM (No. 1856501)
Just wondering:
So Texas will buy the border wall materials, right?
Will every penny that Texas pays show up as a verifiable deposit to the US Treasury?
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
seamusm 12/17/2024 12:36:30 PM (No. 1856510)
If they were 'smart', i.e., devious, Texas would tax the hell out of someone else who purchased the materials and soundly discourage any competition.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
anniebc 12/17/2024 1:57:11 PM (No. 1856554)
If Texas buys, will they get a full refund once Trump is in the WH? I hope they will. I also hope a bill for ten times the amount is sent to those responsible for selling it in the first place. Uggggghhhh! these people.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rama41 12/17/2024 2:18:27 PM (No. 1856564)
Dan Patrick said on TV that last week. Don't know why it's not been mentioned in the press until now.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
3XALADY 12/17/2024 5:43:39 PM (No. 1856675)
In that long interview yesterday, PDJT was talking about the wall. It is constructed of steel you can't cut through. Inside is some kind of tube, then tube filled with special concrete and re-bar inside the concrete. Also something on the top to keep them from jumping over. He said people are bidding on and buying the wall pieces and trying to re-sell them to PDJT's people at many times what they paid for them. I hope Lt. Gov. Patrick will be able to do what he plans. This is confusing to me because I swear I read some time last year Biden was already selling all the rusted wall pieces. Who is not telling the truth.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
rochow 12/17/2024 9:41:22 PM (No. 1856769)
The trash man in the WH, I meant Delaware, should refund the $$$$$ to the American taxpayer out of his own pocket.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Harlowe 12/18/2024 12:00:10 AM (No. 1856817)
#5~ “...read some time last year Biden was already selling all the rusted wall pieces...” / Correct, see news article below.
https://nypost.com/2023/08/19/biden-sells-border-wall-parts-to-thwart-gop-push-to-use-them/
Biden quietly sells off border wall parts to thwart GOP push to use them
By Mary Kay Linge, Matthew Sedacca and Jon Levine -- August 19, 2023
The Biden administration is quietly auctioning off millions of dollars’ worth of unused parts from former President Trump’s border wall for peanuts--in an apparent end-run around pending legislation in Congress.
Since April, GovPlanet, an online auction house specializing in military surplus, has sold 81 lots of steel “square structural tubes”--intended for use as vertical bollards in the border barrier’s 30-foot-tall panels--hauling in about $2 million.
On Tuesday, GovPlanet netted $154,200 for 729 of the 28-foot-tall hollow beams, sold in five separate lots for an average $212 apiece.
Thirteen more lots are set to be auctioned on Aug. 23 and Aug. 30.
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Up to $300 million worth of taxpayer-funded wall components have been left to rust since Biden came to office, Republicans have said.
(Snip)
“The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers … has already transferred approximately $154 million worth of the roughly $260 million of bollard panels and other materials,” according to Lt. Col. Devin T. Robinson, who used Defense Department lingo for the process of consigning military surplus items to commercial resellers or the trash heap.
Profits from the sale flow back to the Pentagon’s budget.
But GovPlanet is under strict instructions to keep the border-wall connection hush-hush.
“We are legally not allowed to mention these are the border wall materials, or we could lose our jobs,” a GovPlanet source told the Daily Upside, the financial newsletter that first reported the ongoing sales.
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The question becomes what materials might remain available.
The material used for the wall is COR-TEN which was used to construct the United States Steel headquarters skyscraper in Pittsburgh. When weathered, its appearance is an elegant dark brown in color.
“What is Corten®?
“COR-TEN® is a trademarked name owned by U.S. Steel.
“COR-TEN® steel is becoming more popular by roll formed product end-users. Its unique look and naturally oxidizing finish make it especially desirable for many architectural projects. Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN® steel, is a group of steel alloys which were developed to obviate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years. Weathering steel has increased resistance to atmospheric corrosion when compared to other steels. COR-TEN® resists the corrosive effects of rain, snow, ice, fog, and other meteorological conditions by forming a coating of dark brown oxidation over the metal, which inhibits deeper penetration and negates the need for painting and costly rust-prevention maintenance over the years. In simple terms the steel is allowed to rust and that rust forms a protective coating that slows the rate of future corrosion.”
If interested in getting some idea of the weatherized finish of COR-TEN, there is a photograph available at Wikipedia but is not among the best pictures available to show the beauty of the weathered steel.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Steel_Tower -- U.S. Steel Tower
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* Fox News' Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report. / May Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick succeed in this effort to purchase all materials for the wall. May blessings be upon him and the state of Texas for this initiative. If successful, MAGA Supporters/American patriots would be most grateful for another of His blessings upon our country.