it is time for a MAGA story....thread doesn't get enough updates and action
I can't overstate how incredibly bad the GOP and Trump have been on immigration over the last two years...
Start w/ the GOP. Paul Ryan is a shill for corporations that want cheap labor and open borders... even worse though he believes in this idiotic libertarian notion that all people in their heart want less government... it's not true
Paul Ryan made no effort to pass a single piece of Trump's immigration reforms or the wall. In his budgets he expanded catch and release and work visas making the situation all the worse. Mitch McConnell is the same in the Senate.
This is the view that a majority of Republicans in Congress have... do what the donors ask, we always need more cheap labor. Some of the worst offenders - Sen. Tillis, Sen. Gardner, Sen. Cramer, Rep. Gonzalez, Rep. McCaul, Rep. Stefanik...
The other really good Republicans like Paul, Lee, etc... they just don't understand this issue. They fall back to their principles... and good luck winning national elections on that
So yes, Congress has been bad, but Trump hasn't done anything to push them. His administration have been TRULY TERRIBLE.... it bears repeating. TERRIBLE.
Pompeo has refused to classify the Mexican Drug Cartel as a foreign terrorist organization - a bill Chip Roy sponsored (a great rep!) He has refused to punish Mexico for the opioid crisis. The State Dept. hasn't used their power to fullest to stop both the opioid crisis.
Making things worse is the fact that Pompeo has filled State w/ Bush ppl or Obama ppl. An Obama appointee runs our refugee program. Think about that! Mike Pompeo is no friend to the MAGA agenda
Nielsen is even worse. She has been openly hostile, firing pro-wall MAGA ppl. The State Dept. under Nieslen is worse than Obama's State Dept. Now she has a whisper campaign against Lee Francis Cisna, one of the only good ppl in the admin working on immigration
Trump also has a problem w/ his legislative director. First he had Marc Short, a Koch Brothers alum who worked on the Stop Trump campaign in 2016. Short bragged in a politico article how he wasn't pushing Congress to accept any immigration changes Trump campaigned on
Short now works for Pence. So he once again is far too close to the President
Short's replacement Shahira Knight was pushed by Gen. Kelly, the man who just gloated about how he would have worked for Hillary and how the wall is stupid! (Kelly also got Nielsen appointed to DHS)
No one was worse at putting bad personnel in places than Johnny DeStefano... use to head PPO and brought Never Trumpers into the admin in droves. He now works w/ Kellyanne Conway.
So without a competent staff - No Kris Kobach, No Mickey Kaus, No John Miano... the admin didn't push for immigration reform, for a wall, to even whip the votes for Congress to support the emergency declaration.
Even worse, the judiciary (namely the 9th circuit) are giving away constitutional rights to illegals like they're candy. We are going to have defacto amensty because of our judges and there's no pushback from Congress or the WH
Lastly the problem w/ Trump supporters is they're unwillingness to criticize their guy. I get it, he's our quarterback, don't boo him, he's trying... I'm sorry but no. He's caved a lot. With Texas going blue in 10 yrs. or less we don't need cheerleaders we need leaders
Any candidate going into 2020 needs to understand this issue. It's about time the GOP base understands why their party is failing them so miserably on their most important issue.
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