When Donald Trump first entered the Republican race for president he captured the attention of the nation with his stance on illegal immigration. One of his proposals, laughed at by the elites but popular with ordinary Republican voters, was to build a fence along the southern border of the United States. The guy whose main reputation is in real estate and who builds hotels and other buildings, said he was capable of erecting a fence.
In late August, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, who was given a good chance to win when he first entered the Republican primary race, appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press. Moderator Chuck Todd asked Walker why, since the Republicans are so concerned with border security, is there never any talk of a border fence between Canada and the US. The governor replied it was a “legitimate issue for us to look at.”