Sen. Chris Coons (D-CT) charged in a barrage of tweets on Thursday that he supports increased funding for border security, although he contended that a border wall amounts to a “waste of money.”

Sen. Coons said the partial government shutdown arose from the president’s rejection of multiple, bipartisan, options to fund the government and provide more border security funding. The Connecticut Democrat said that he has already voted for billions in increased border security; however, Coons charged that the border wall amounts to a “waste of money.”