# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 1)

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**Created:** [June 22, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-1/911140 "2020-06-22T07:01:53Z")\
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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> [1,254 miles](https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/statewide/border-crossing.html)  
> Which is still pretty damn long. And since when does a state get to wall off a _federal_ border?
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> ETA: 1,954 is the entire US-Mexico border.

[I’ll bet if we use a small enough ruler we could get it to 1,954](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-coastline-paradox-only-applicable-to-physical-coastlines/944844)

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