Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told the Republicans — it has been published widely by many of you — that he didn’t want to fix the issue; he wanted to use it to attack me. That’s what he wanted to do. It was a cynical and a – extremely cynical political move and a complete disservice to the American people, who are looking for us to — not to weaponize the border but to fix it.
Ok, Republicons. What’s it going to be this time: “devious mastermind Biden” or “dementia Biden”?
You may only choose one.
They’ll choose both anyway. Maybe even in the same sentence.
Yeah but this time we surely got’em, right? Maybe if we compromise on voting rights and the Supreme Court they’ll be convinced. If not, let’s keep compromising until that changes.
Absolutely true.
The followers must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. When I was a boy I was taught to think of Englishmen as the five-meal people. They ate more frequently than the poor but sober Italians. Jews are rich and help each other through a secret web of mutual assistance. However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. - Umberto Eco, Ur Fascism, 1995
They are doing the same thing with Biden. Watch out! The Biden is getting away with massive crimes and using the deep state to take over the country, but at the same time, Biden is a doddering old fool who is too senile to accomplish anything.
These are the people that went from the biggest Commie haters to liking Russia the second the Democrats opposed Russia.
Republicans will take a more extreme or opposite position of the Democrats. It is impossible to appease to them.
He wants to prove he’s tougher on immigrants than a far wing wing nut job.
Ol’ wing wings mucking everything up.
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He is going to the right though, and a clear issue here is that many independents are actually on the left of. democrats. We’re not a cohesive group or a “party”.
And he is fucking over the border. We know what we need to solve it- increased funding for more clerks/judges/legal aid
But that’s not funding for their salary raises/expenses, or the corporate/billionaire mega donors subsidies and tax breaks. So fuck even trying that.
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Long term it’s an awful idea, for the DNC
It’ll put the DNC in competition for the conservative votes, while leaving progressives free to form a legitimate party that’s actually progressive.
For the short term, it means the republicans are just going to further into fascism while the dnc progresses to fascist lite (exactly where the repugnants used to be.)
The only hope is if one or the other parties fails and/or progressives to finally figure out that “lesser of two evils” is exactly how we got here in the first place
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Short therm, you’re very right- long term, 2+ decades, if the dems keep shifting right, it’ll happen on its own.
Democrats and republicans are not the first political parties in the US. They probably won’t be the last.
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Biden is limiting migrant crossings to 2,500 per day in an attempt to keep migrants from being homeless in sanctuary cities.
Trump forcibly separated parents from children, deported the parents and detained the children in facilities where they were physically and sexually abused, while outlawing immigration of Muslims and “suspected Muslims.”
Yup. They’re the basically the same thing.
You don’t think families are still getting separated?
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/migrant-children-separated-parents-u-s-border-agents-overcrowding/
I’m not saying it doesn’t happen. I’m saying it’s not the mandated protocol by the President’s Executive Order, as it was under Trump.
And there are still kids in cages.
So it’s the same if it’s tens due to circumstance or tens of thousands due to presidential mandate? Get outta here with your trolling.
Democrat governors are also stressed about the impact of immigration. I think this is to appeal to more than just republicans.
He’s trying to prove that using policy on a group that goes on vibes. They won’t be convinced until he starts using undeniably racist statements they’ll insist isn’t racist.
Don’t tempt him.
