President-elect Donald Trump celebrated the blocked sale of border wall materials by the Biden administration after a court ruling on Friday.
A federal judge halted the sale of border wall materials that Joe Biden has refused to install after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton requested a hearing for the court to look into potential legal violations committed by the Biden administration in selling off border wall parts for “pennies on the dollar.”
The incoming president in a Truth Social post on Saturday called the ruling a “major, crucial WIN for America” and lambasted Joe Biden and “his cronies” for trying to stall the construction of the border wall before he takes office in January.
“In a major, crucial WIN for America, and our National Security, a Federal Judge in Texas, based on papers we filed just a few days ago, has PROHIBITED the Biden Administration from selling any materials designated for the Border Wall, that has been wrecked by Biden and his cronies, and which I am going to rebuild in order to protect our Country from violent migrant crime, fentanyl smuggling, sex trafficking, terror attacks, and other heinous, Nation ending disasters,” Trump wrote.
Trump also noted the judge ordered a probe into the “illegal selling” of the border wall materials that will expose the Democrats’ deep corruption.
“The Judge has also ordered an investigation into the illegal selling of the materials, which will expose just how corrupt and anti-American Radical Democrats are. I am honored to be joined in this vital case by the Great States of Texas and Missouri, and applaud Judge Drew Tipton for doing the right thing for our Country. We have to protect our Borders, and Save America. MAGA!”
The Biden administration earlier this month began hauling off 33-foot-long segments of unused border wall materials to sell off at auction for as little as $5 in an apparent effort to hamstring Trump’s effort to secure the border upon taking office.
Paxton issued a press release praising the court’s ruling and pledging to hold Biden’ administration accountable for attempting to “subvert” America’s border security.
“We have successfully blocked the Biden Administration from disposing of any further border wall materials before President Trump takes office,” said Paxton. “This follows our major victory forcing Biden to build the wall, and we will hold his Administration accountable for illegally subverting our Nation’s border security until their very last day in power, especially where their actions are clearly motivated by a desire to thwart President-elect Trump’s immigration agenda.”
Trump has promised to implement a mass deportation campaign in his second term led by former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tom Homan, who he tapped to become his “border czar.”