Posted on 02/05/2024 2:05:45 PM PST by Presbyterian Reporter
The Senate’s bipartisan border security deal – wobbling early on its way to the 60 votes it needs to advance later this week – picked up two big public supporters on Monday.
The first was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has long championed the border talks as a means to unlock stalled Ukraine aid that he’s made a top priority. While McConnell’s broader backing of the negotiations was no secret, his public call to pass the deal on the Senate floor marked a critical use of his political capital even as many of his own conservative members slammed the agreement.
“The national security legislation we’re preparing to take up will invest heavily in the capabilities and capacity America and our allies need to regain the upper hand over this emerging axis of authoritarians. Make no mistake: the gauntlet has been thrown. And America needs to pick it up,” McConnell said on Monday.
The second endorsement of the border deal came from the union that represents workers at the Border Patrol – the rare labor group that’s known for its ties to former President Donald Trump, who has urged Republicans to reject the Senate agreement.
Despite its Trump ties, the National Border Patrol Council endorsed the Senate deal in a Monday statement, saying that the bill would “codify into law authorities that U.S. Border Patrol agents never had in the past.”
The deal that’s formally named the Border Act, the product of months-long talks led by Sens. James Lankford (R-Okla.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), is expected to face a pivotal test vote on Wednesday.
“While not perfect, the Border Patrol Act of 2024 is a step in the right direction and is far better than the current status quo,” the statement read.
Only a fool, or a Radical Left Democrat, would vote for this horrendous Border Bill, which only gives Shutdown Authority after 5000 Encounters a day, when we already have the right to CLOSE THE BORDER NOW, which must be done. This Bill is a great gift to the Democrats, and a Death Wish for The Republican Party. It takes the HORRIBLE JOB the Democrats have done on Immigration and the Border, absolves them, and puts it all squarely on the shoulders of Republicans. Don’t be STUPID!!! We need a separate Border and Immigration Bill. It should not be tied to foreign aid in any way, shape, or form! The Democrats broke Immigration and the Border. They should fix it. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!
DJT 2/5/24
That is the Union leadership; wonder what the members say.
“… marked a critical use of his political capital…”
Political capital? The loser has a 6% approval rating. He sucks political capital from any politician he stands near.
From what I have read, and I’m no expert, but this bill just codifies what they’re doing now.
I wonder just how much money McConnell must be getting from the defense contractors? And how much of that money funds McConnell’s attempts to beat conservative Republicans in their primary fights against big government/statist Republicans? Enquiring minds would like to know.
Politics vs common sense.
Leftists trying to turn this GREAT COUNTRY into a. communist trash heap.
VOTE DEMOCRATS AND RINOS OUT.
Well, if they want to keep their jobs ...
Seriously, so few people are willing to put their lives, careers, and family on the line for what is right for the country. Not with the leftist nutjobs in charge of the WH, DOJ, FBI, CIA, DHS, IRS, military, ...
And we listened to this union re: the structure of the “wall”.
The union heads, not the rank-and-file members.
Tghe Border Control is CORRUPT!! THEY CUT THE WIRES TO LET ILLEGALS INVADE US!! THEY GIVE THEM LADDERS ALSO!
Even Alfred E. Neuman and Forrest Gump have to know that letting 8500 invaders a day through the border is not exactly a “national security advance” or whatever the Turtle says it is. Only in China, perhaps?
I honestly believe we are living on Bizarro earth and this will all be revealed to be some kind of joke.
Trump should be able to sweep the election by promising to put an end to this, I can’t imagine that anyone other than a few very far leftist idiots and the illegals themselves would vote for a continuation of this policy of deliberate national destruction.
I don’t look to SNL for humor or political guidance but it was interesting, the black guy on their pretend news segment apparently said Biden’s trouble with keeping the black vote is serious, he is now down to Obama’s white half. Now that actually is funny, let’s hope it’s also accurate. If blacks turn on the Democrats it is game over, you would believe. They will be down to Antifa and white librarians.
It’s not the union workers, it’s the corrupt Democrat controlled union bosses
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