Question For Pelosi: If Walls Are 'Immoral,' Do You Support Tearing Down Existing Border Barriers? https://media.townhall.com/townhall/reu/ha/2018/235/2577322c-66f1-45ae-b75e-22096d013aad.jpg Honestly, I wish I'd come up with this idea on my own, but that credit goes to Rich Lowry, whose new column I'll quote below.  But to lay some groundwork here, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi frequently intones that her party supports "border security," yet her rhetoric and actions on immigration policy feels increasingly indistinguishable from those of an open borders zealot.  The party's dominant left flank may theoretically favor national sovereignty, but so long as the president is passionately committed to securing the border, any semblance of the 'Wall' -- along with various branches of the executive branch's enforcement apparatus -- are treated as totems of unflinching resistance.   Perhaps this is why, while vacationing in Hawaii in the midst of a government shutdown, Pelosi couldn't be bothered to comment on the murder of a California police officer by an illegal immigrant with multiple prior arrests and known gang ties.  The local sheriff blamed 'sanctuary' laws for the alleged assailant's continued presence inside the United States, and federal authorities have confirmed that the suspect was not brought to their attention until after he'd killed the young officer, who recently became a father.  Such inconvenient occurrences do not serve The Narrative, so they're diminished or ignored.  Pelosi would much rather highlight tragedies like these (about which journalists and other partisans too often jump to false conclusions) or prattle on about how the president's proposed border wall is "immoral."  That's quite a loaded term, and it merits further exploration.  What does she mean by this?   Are physical structures designed to prevent the uninhibited flow of people across a sovereign border intrinsically or inherently immoral -- and if so, why?  Further, are the many miles of existing barriers -- both walls and fencing -- along America's southern border also immoral, or would immorality only kick in upon new construction?  And by any chance, might the moral calculus depend almost entirely on whether a potential construction project is undertaken while someone named Donald Trump is President of the United States?  It would be fascinating to hear the freshly-reinstalled House Speaker explain her position on this, preferably at some length.  Because if she truly believes that a border barrier is "immoral" unto itself, she should be campaigning to tear down that wall.  And she couldn't possibly let obstacles like the cost or logistical difficulty stand in her way; she's positioned herself as a moral crusader, and this is a moral crusade.  Which brings us back to Lowry's aforementioned piece, in which he discusses the Democratic Party's newly-acquired, acute allergy to anything that might qualify as "The Wall:" Are physical structures designed to prevent the uninhibited flow of people across a sovereign border intrinsically or inherently immoral -- and if so, why?  Further, are the many miles of existing barriers -- both walls and fencing -- along America's southern border also immoral, or would immorality only kick in upon new construction?  And by any chance, might the moral calculus depend almost entirely on whether a potential construction project is undertaken while someone named Donald Trump is President of the United States?  It would be fascinating to hear the freshly-reinstalled House Speaker explain her position on this, preferably at some length.  Because if she truly believes that a border barrier is "immoral" unto itself, she should be campaigning to tear down that wall.  And she couldn't possibly let obstacles like the cost or logistical difficulty stand in her way; she's positioned herself as a moral crusader, and this is a moral crusade.  Which brings us back to Lowry's aforementioned piece, in which he discusses the Democratic Party's newly-acquired, acute allergy to anything that might qualify as "The Wall:" ( Full story in Link below ) https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/01/03/question-for-pelosi-if-the-wall-is-immoral-would-you-support-tearing-down-existing-border-barriers-n2538454