Tim Kaine says Congress shouldn't 'waste taxpayer money' on Trump's 'vanity project' border wall

Congressional Democrats are willing to spend on border security to end the partial government shutdown, Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said on Meet the Press Sunday, but that doesn't mean building President Trump's proposed border wall.

"Drugs come in through ports of entry. Let's beef up ports of entry," Kaine told host Chuck Todd. "The biggest group of undocumented people in the country come in on legal visas and overstay. If you build a million-foot wall, it won't deal with that problem."

"What we don't want to do is waste taxpayer money on a vanity project that's ineffective, that the president said Mexico would pay for," Kaine concluded. Watch the full interview below. Bonnie Kristian

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