America's Culture War Over the Border Wall Is Ripping Congress Apart

A worker on the U.S. side installs concertina wire along the border wall with the United States as seen from Tijuana, Mexico, December 11, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
January 28, 2019 Topic: Politics Region: Americas Tags: The WallAmericaBorder WallMAGAGovernment Shutdown

America's Culture War Over the Border Wall Is Ripping Congress Apart

But before it falls a house divided against itself generates a tremendous amount of political emotion and anger—the kind that stifles measured civic discourse.

 

That’s a scary thought. And yet clearly Sullivan is correct. As was said of old, a house divided against itself cannot stand.

Robert W. Merry, longtime Washington journalist and publishing executive, is the former editor of The American Conservative and the National Interest. He is the author most recently of President McKinley: Architect of the American Century.

 

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