mo4ch:>Fight for the wall: Democrats get airtime to counter Trump’s national address on border issue | Mo4ch News

With President Donald Trump set to deliver a national televised address on the government shutdown and plans to build a border wall, Democrats want to “immediately” be given a chance to counter the president’s speech.The government has been partially shut down for 18 days, and although negotiations have been ongoing, President Trump has thus far failed to reach a compromise with House and Senate Democratic leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, both sides deadlocked over Trump’s requested $5 billion for a border wall between the US and Mexico.After teasing that he might use emergency powers to build the wall, and suggesting that Pelosi and Schumer might be open to a less unsightly slatted steel barrier instead of a concrete wall, the president demonstrated his flair for a made-for-TV cliffhanger on Monday, announcing plans to address the nation “on the Humanitarian and National Security crisis on our Southern Border” on Tuesday night.Speculation went into overdrive. Would Trump use t…