Listen Closely, And You Might Hear Democrats Changing Their Tune (A Little) On A Wall…

Not “the wall”. But a wall of some kind…

House Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries (as reported by the Washington Post):

“I think we’ve consistently said that we do not support a medieval border wall from sea to shining sea….However, we are willing to support fencing where it makes sense, but it should be done in an evidence-based fashion.”

Chair of the bipartisan conference committee Rep. Nita Lowey (D) NY (also in the Post):

“Smart border security is not overly reliant on physical barriers, and they’re not cost-effective compared to better technology and more personnel.”

Note: “not overly reliant”.

Even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a couple of days ago (as reported by the New York Times):

“[Democrats want a border plan rooted in] evidence-based knowledge about how we best secure our border”.

At the same time, even if Democrats were inclined to be a little more flexible, Trump could totally slam the brakes on that if he keeps Tweeting things like this: