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During a Senate hearing on Thursday Mary Peters said she will close the border to trucks from Mexico in September. That’s when her pilot program will have run for a year – unless the federal court orders her to end it before then.

Could it be that Mary Peters finally woke up and smelled the overwhelming opposition to opening the border to trucks from Mexico?

Here’s exactly what happened during the hearing by the Appropriations subcommittee on Transportation:

Chairman Patty Murray, the Democratic senator from Washington, asked Mary Peters, “Will the cross border pilot stop then in September?”

Mary Peters said, “Madame Chairman, that would be my intent.”

Sadly, Mary Peters’ overlords in the White House wouldn’t let her get away with it. After the hearing, her press people told reporters that the secretary really meant to say that she might NOT close the border.

They sent a paragraph from Mary Peters’ court filing defending the program: “Even more importantly, if participation rates are low, DOT retains the discretion to extend the Demonstration Project up to the three-year maximum permitted by statute. DOT thus has the ability to rectify any unanticipated shortfall in participation that might affect the viability of the Demonstration Project as a measure of the safety of Mexico-domiciled carriers.”

Now remember, Mary Peters wants to run for governor of Arizona. Could it be that she wants voters to think she is against letting trucks from Mexico travel wherever they want in the U.S.?

If so, it’s too late. That truck already crossed the border.