Multiple elected officials in Texas expressed support over plans to buy and store border wall materials being auctioned off by the federal government and keep them in place until the Trump administration takes office next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick reacted to reports of continued auctions of border wall materials that have been left near the border after the sudden stop of border wall construction in 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“I will bid on all of that wall, and we will buy it in Texas, and we will give it to Donald Trump,” Patrick said on “The Ingraham Angle.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I\u2019ve got a billion dollars in my pocket to do it,” he said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
His comments were supported by Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, who said she is “fully prepared” to help in the effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n“If you buy it, I have a place to store it \u2014 on state land! The [Texas General Land Office] is standing by to help!” she said, calling the auctioning off of border wall materials by the Biden administration “shameful.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The auctioning off of border wall parts began in 2023 with parts listed for sale on GovPlanet.com, an online auction marketplace. The Defense Department’s logistics agency told media outlets that the excess material had been turned over for disposition by the Army Corps of Engineers and was now for sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the practice drew attention last week when The Daily Wire published video showing unused wall parts being transported on flatbed trucks in Arizona, even though the materials could be used in the next Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Videos obtained exclusively by The Daily Wire from a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent show unused sections of the wall being hauled away on the back of flatbed trucks from a section of the border just south of Tucson, a hotspot for illegal crossings during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n