President Donald Trump is willing to work with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, but the central question is whether Democrats will agree that that border security will be needed, presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway said Tuesday.
"I feel very badly for so many of those migrants who were promised that could not be delivered to them," Conway told Fox News' "America's Newsroom." 'They were lied to by people who probably took their money and imperiled their safety and security but this president is willing to work across the aisle with leader Schumer and we guess Speaker Pelosi. "
Pelosi, D-Calif., will have a critical decision to make if she wishes to become speaker, said Conway, as she may not yet have the votes she needs yet to win her race.
"What has she promised some of these Socialist-leaning Democrats in her caucus to become speaker," said Conway. "A good question. Border security is national security."
Conway pointed out that in 2006, the Secure Fences Act was heavily supported by Democrats, and she hopes that they will also do "the right thing here."
"The Democrats have a question in front of them," she said. "Do they want to keep the government open or the borders open?"
Trump has also made a legacy issue and huge priority of his administration, stopping the flow of drugs over the nation's southern bolder.
"It is poisoning and killing 72,000 Americans a year, and so much of that flows through the southern border," said Conway. "It is not just about the people but the poison coming into our communities. The apprehensions of gang members, seizures of fentanyl and deadly drugs are way up under this president. His methods are working."
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