On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It

[Lesh]

Ukraine funding wont even be taken up for vote in Congress. No funding for these wars until the border is secured. This will be our winning position all the way up to the election. You guys are fucked.

You mean the House. Part of Congress already passed it

And a bill was offered that did exactly what you claim to want and the House GOP leadership declared it DOA

 

[Lesh]

Mazi Pilip tried to use the border as a campaign issue and it fell on deaf ears

She LOST

 

[Godboy]

You mean the House. Part of Congress already passed it

And a bill was offered that did exactly what you claim to want and the House GOP leadership declared it DOA

If it was a bill that did exactly what we want, we would vote for it today!!!

 

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Congressional Republicans thought they had set a clever trap for Democrats that would accomplish complementary political and policy goals.

Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously enabling them to pound Democrats for refusing to halt a surge of migrants at the border. It was to be a win-win headed into November’s elections.

But Democrats tripped them up by offering substantial — almost unheard-of — concessions on immigration policy without insisting on much in return. Now it is Republicans who are rapidly abandoning a compromise that gave them much of what they wanted, leaving aid to Ukraine in deep jeopardy, border policy in turmoil and Congress again flailing as multiple crises at home and abroad go without attention because of a legislative stalemate.

The turn of events led to a remarkable Capitol Hill spectacle this week as a parade of Senate Republicans almost instantly repudiated a major piece of legislation they had spent months demanding as part of any agreement to provide more help to a beleaguered Ukraine.

“A year ago they said, ‘We need a change in the law,’” said Mr. Lankford, frustrated by his Republican colleagues who had been up in arms about the border situation only to suddenly reject the new legislation. “Now the conversation is, ‘Just kidding, we don’t need a change in the law. We just need the president to use the laws they already have.’ That wasn’t where we were before.”

On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It

The G.O.P. abandoned a bipartisan border security bill that also aided Ukraine after Democrats called their bluff on immigration, agreeing to tough measures Republicans demanded.

www.nytimes.com

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Looks like Biden and the Dems are playing 3-D chess while the poor Republicans are still trying to figure out the game. Is there anything the Repubs can get done? Heck, even their attempts to impeach the president or Mayorkas have gone aground.

The senate is only half of congressional republicans

And now even the RINO senate repubs are abandoning the biden/schumer/lankford fake border security bill

 

[Lesh]

If it was a bill that did exactly what we want, we would vote for it today!!!

No you would not… because you don’t want the border problem dealt with

You want to campaign on it

 

[Lesh]

The senate is only half of congressional republicans

And now even the RINO senate repubs are abandoning the biden/schumer/lankford fake border security bill

Lankford was bullied into voting against his own bill

 

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Lankford was bullied into voting against his own bill

He was at odds with voters in his own state

 

[Lesh]

He was at odds with voters in his own state

He was bullied into voting against his own bill…

 

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He was bullied into voting against his own bill…

Voters have that power over swamp rats who want to remain on the washington gravy train

 

[Godboy]

No you would not… because you don’t want the border problem dealt with

You want to campaign on it

Yes we do. I know you guys think you can convince the public that we rejected it because "we dont want the border to be dealt with", but no one is going to believe you.

Your party is straight fucked in the next election and its all your parties fault. Your policies and positions are destructive and retarded and everyone sees it.

 

[Lesh]

Yes we do. I know you guys think you can convince the public that we rejected it because "we dont want the border to be dealt with", but no one is going to believe you.

Your party is straight fucked in the next election and its all your parties fault. Your policies and positions are destructive and retarded and everyone sees it.

And here all you can talk about is how it affects the upcoming election

You made my point for me.

That’s all you care about

 

[Godboy]

And here all you can talk about is how it affects the upcoming election

You made my point for me.

That’s all you care about

Yeah, it sure sucks for your party, thats for sure.

 

[francoHFW]

We’re asking the same of you freaks…

You get your news from admitted liars and propagandists and Internet conspiracy nut jobs, dupe. The whole world knows you're nuts....

 

[j-mac]

You get your news from admitted liars and propagandists and Internet conspiracy nut jobs, dupe. The whole world knows you're nuts....

You have GOT to be kidding here…One of your colleagues in here recently posted from Raw Story for Christ sake….So you can talk to the hand…

 

[francoHFW]

You have GOT to be kidding here…One of your colleagues in here recently posted from Raw Story for Christ sake….So you can talk to the hand…

Who cares? You entire GOP media is pure crap, all admitted, reported once maybe lol. There is no evidence for any of your anti-American seditionist conspiracies....Election, vaccines, Bidens you need it, you're fos, brainwashed functional moron ignoramus seditionist Russian tool....