Republicans used to pay lip service but now they are openly stating it. They never cared about solving immigration issue but they love the politics of it. It's a huge gambit. Republicans openly politicking on suppressing a bipartisan solution they demanded isn't going to be well taken by independent and swing voters. As the WSJ EB said: Do Republicans want to better secure the U.S. border, or do they want to keep what has become an open sore festering for another year as an election issue? That’s the choice presented to Congress this week with the rollout of the Senate’s bipartisan border security bill, and we’ll soon learn what the GOP really wants. By any honest reckoning, this is the most restrictive migrant legislation in decades. This is almost entirely a border security bill, and its provisions include long-time GOP priorities that the party’s restrictionists could never have passed only a few months ago. Republicans demanded border measures last year as the price for passing military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Pacific allies. Democrats resisted at first but later agreed to negotiate and have made concessions that are infuriating the open-borders left. Will Republicans now abandon what they claimed to want? If Republicans reject this bill, they will hand Democrats an argument that the GOP wants border chaos that they can exploit as a campaign issue.
Not MAGA voters. I think the majority of voters were smart not electing Trump the psycho for a second term.
I’ve noticed on the last few years that those on the right seem to have an odd fascination with chickens. I’ve seen basso use that line and several post about “wokeness” and chickens.
I was just listening to arlo guthrie the other day. Apparently "chicken" was a code-word for cocaine when he wrote this song in the 60's. Relevance to the current discussion remains unclear:
The phrase "keep ****ing that chicken" might have originated from the below video. I think he meant to said keep PLUCKing that chicken, meaning a futile or pointless task. Keep ****ing That Chicken by Ernie Anastos on Fox 5 WNYW - YouTube Two things should be very clear. Basso's interest doesn't lie in the bill's actual content but rather the political dynamics surrounding it. Engaging him on the policy details is an exercise in futility - you'll likely be met with dismissive rejection, as you've already witnessed. While attempting to discuss whether Republicans will gain political advantage from their border inaction might provoke some response, given his track record, even that seems improbable. It's become glaringly evident that Basso, Trump, and the Republican party place party allegiance above national interests. Although imperfect, the bipartisan immigration bill represents a sincere effort to reform an outdated system - undoubtedly better than complacency. The bill's merits are quite apparent. However, they've made it abundantly clear that America's wellbeing is not their prime concern. Instead, they're gambling on the public's supposed inability to assign them greater culpability than Biden. I hope it backfires spectacularly, but he might be right that people aren't "smart" enough.
Focus groups: Wisconsin swing voters blame GOP for failed border bill https://www.axios.com/2024/03/14/swing-voters-focus-groups-trump-border Wisconsin swing voters largely blame Republicans — and specifically Donald Trump — for Congress' failure to pass bipartisan legislation to help improve border security, according to our latest Engagious/Sago focus group. The bottom line: If the election were today, most of the participants said they'd choose Biden over Trump.
Does it shock you that he has to follow the law? Do you think a Judge can just "wish" a ruling, this is why we have rules and laws.............
trump will lie, about anything, no matter how offensive... 'He did not': Garcia family says Trump did not speak with them about Ruby's death https://www.fox17online.com/news/lo...-not-speak-with-them-about-young-womans-death
