(But reality check: #MikeJohnson said he doesn’t want to pass #BorderLegislation because he doesn’t want the Biden admin to be able to take credit for it & because he wants to keep the issue alive for the 2024 #election.)
“The reason is that it’s an #election year, & #Republicans have once again decided that their path to victory goes right through the U.S.-Mexico #border. Inflation & the economy were effective complaints in 2023, but they are starting to recede. Transgender rights have been a disastrously unproductive wedge issue for Republicans. But #immigration is the one area where they’ve put Joe #Biden on the back foot….”
(In)…”the words of Rep #TroyNehls (R)…during the field trip: ‘I’m not willing to do too damn much right now to help a #Democrat & to help Joe #Biden’s approval rating.’ IOW, a deal that #Democrats can accept, even a…restrictionist #border policy, is a deal #HouseRepublicans are unwilling to contemplate. In order to keep the border issue alive in 2024, they’d rather blow up #Senate negotiations. They see this as a win…, bc it keeps #immigration & the general aura of crisis on the front pages.”
@wndlb you know people / media totally skipped over President Biden’s enormous accomplishment re the #UnitedStates’ joint effort w/ President #Xi / #PRC (#China) on #fentanyl.
Based on the frequency and cadence of #migrant#caravan stories on our southern border that ebb and flow as political fortunes rise and fall, I'm tempted to coin a new hashtag #PermanentBorderCrisis in a continuation of the theme covered by #PermanentStateOfWar
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