article_snippet.sent: Like a higher fence?'
article_snippet.sent: In a Capitol Hill hearing, conservative Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas suggested that if the White House won't build a fence or a wall on America's southern border, strengthening the White House fence should be an equally bad idea.
article_snippet.sent: Obama administration officials have long argued that fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border would be worthless. '
article_snippet.sent: I would think that if the admin's gonna being consistent,' conservative Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said, 'it's now time to remove the presidential mansion's perimeter fence from around the White House, 'cause if it isn't good enough for America's southern border, it shouldn't good enough for our the White House.'
article_snippet.sent: Texas said last year that if the Obama administration doesn't want a border fence between Texas and Mexico, conservative Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas shouldn't expect one around the White House .
article_snippet.sent: Or else, the right-wing firebrand added, Obama's policymakers should admit that 'maybe there really is some real virtue in having a fence that slows people down.'