Posted on 04/08/2019 5:04:21 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
Today’s Campaign Update (Because The Campaign Never Ends)
Nielsen’s out, and not much will change. – Kirstjen Nielsen became the fall guy for the ongoing fiasco at our southern border last night, to be replaced as Homeland Security Secretary by ex-Obama official Kevin McAleenan, who served as Deputy Secretary under the infamous Jeh Johnson.
So, what difference will the change in personnel make? Not much. The problem at the border is with the tragic state of our laws and politically-motivated court decisions issued by outlaw Obama judges. Until congress acts to change the laws – and this particular congress is not going to do so – the situation at the border cannot be resolved without the building of a wall. Even with a wall, it will remain near-impossible for the government to send invaders who manage to sneak into our country illegally back home unless the absurd loopholes in the asylum laws are changed. Simple as that.
So, the Democrats have “won” in this issue: They have succeeded in creating a situation of utter chaos on our border with Mexico, they have the literal invasion of our country they’ve worked for so many years to create, and no one in a position of power can do anything effective to stop it. This is the ultimate outcome of the Obama/Soros plan to “transform this country”, as Obama was so fond of saying throughout his presidency. And hey, they had plenty of help from Paul Ryan, John McCain, Mitch McConnell and the Republican majorities in both houses of congress, who did literally nothing on this issue during President Trump’s first two years in office.
A pox on all their houses.
This is the issue on which the 2020 presidential election will be decided. The President can talk all he wants to about the booming economy and Democrats can talk all they want about Green New Deals and free stuff for everybody, but, just like it was in 2016, what to do about the ongoing invasion – and that is what it is – taking place from Texas to California will ultimately decide who gets to live in the White House starting in 2021.
President Trump understands this, which is why he decided last week to put off dealing with the healthcare issue until after the 2020 election has come and gone, choosing instead to keep his focus on border security and pounding his Democrat opponents for refusing to do anything to address it.
The winning strategy for Trump is obvious: Get as many miles of new border wall built as you can with all that Department of Defense money that’s been identified, and pound the Democrats on the issue every day. Keep them on the defensive for the next 18 months.
That leaves the Democrats with what they always try to do on this subject: Rank demagoguery and trying to change the subject.
Hey, thanks to the Paul Ryan/Mitt Romney/John McCain wing of the GOP, it’s worked for them so far.
Some campaign odd and ends:
How moribund is Elizabeth Warren’s campaign? Fauxcahontas is running a poor third in her home state of Massachusetts. That moribund. And look who’s about to catch her there: Pete Buttigieg. Ouch.
Speaking of moribund campaigns, how about Cory Booker’s? He announced he had raised $5 million during the first quarter of this year, which sounds like a decent number until you realize that Buttigieg, the little-known mayor of South Bend, Indiana, had raised $7 million. Yikes.
Bernie Sanders led the Q1 money race for the Dems, coming in at $18 million. Kamala Harris raised $12 million, while Irish Bob O’Rourke came in at $9.4 million, with most of that coming in March following his announcement in late February. Because he hasn’t formally announced, frontrunner Joe Biden had no fundraising numbers to release.
Meanwhile, President Trump raised $67.5 million, $26 million more than those five leading Democrats combined.
Oh.
That is all.
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Yeah, she is fall guy. What could she do differently?
Problem is Trump needs to do something HUGH........like in HUGE......
But then, what can he do? Even walls will take years.......crisis is NOW!
Nielsen was incompetent and didn’t belong there in the first place.
There is a new plan by Kris Kobach and it will work. Anyone implementing this plan will be called a Nazi or worse. They need to be a Patriot and not an apparatchik.
We need a General Patton on the border.
Time to bring back the militia. I’m sure there’s a bevy of folks out there who should do what needs to be done.
Should = would
Trump already surrendered on this a couple of months ago.
We’re just seeing the results and aftermath of it now:
https://sidneypowell.com/media/the-ultimate-betrayal-the-truth-about-the-invasion-of-america/
Congress wants open borders. The people don't. This same dynamic is at play in all the western countries.
I’m getting the sinking feeling that we’re NOT getting a wall, as promised.
Hmmmm. I don't think so.
BTW, thanks for posting this in its entirety.
I don’t see any boots on the ground background for this guy. Looks very much like an administrative bureaucrat. No grunt experience is a serious drawback. I wish him luck.
Butt-Boy will easily raise a lot of cash from the queers. They have lots of money.
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...choosing instead to keep his focus on border security and pounding his Democrat opponents for refusing to do anything to address it.
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Methinks someone forgot whom had COMPLETE control of D.C. for at least 2 years...
I suspect ‘em come outta the woodwork next year being ALL for border security too “Vote us/me BACK into XYZ and we’ll...”
Post a quick summary?
Hey, thanks to the Paul Ryan/Mitt Romney/John McCain wing of the GOP, it’s worked for them so far.
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Its easy to blame a few RINOs who are without a doubt a problem on immigration and other matters. However, the larger reality is that the GOP in general is weak, unprincipled and lacking in convictions. In other words, there are lots of closet RINOs in the GOP.
The most visible RINOs have become the face of failure and obstruction but the party as a whole needs to held responsible and accountable for its refusal to stand behind our president. Cycle after cycle we allow them to reneg on their promises.
We need a new party that will actively represent us and fight for a conservative agenda. The GOP is never going to be that party IMO.
She did not do that!
The new guy will soon have the benefit of more conservative judges.
The best way to neuter the 9th circus is to break it up and create a new circuit, while ensuring a majority of conservatives in each circuit.
Next, move NOW to reinforce the Senate majority in 2020 and fight NOW to take back the House.
So, what difference will the change in personnel make? Not much. The problem at the border is with the tragic state of our laws and politically-motivated court decisions issued by outlaw Obama judges. Until congress acts to change the laws – and this particular congress is not going to do so – the situation at the border cannot be resolved without the building of a wall. Even with a wall, it will remain near-impossible for the government to send invaders who manage to sneak into our country illegally back home unless the absurd loopholes in the asylum laws are changed. Simple as that.
So, the Democrats have “won” in this issue: They have succeeded in creating a situation of utter chaos on our border with Mexico, they have the literal invasion of our country they’ve worked for so many years to create, and no one in a position of power can do anything effective to stop it. This is the ultimate outcome of the Obama/Soros plan to “transform this country”, as Obama was so fond of saying throughout his presidency. And hey, they had plenty of help from Paul Ryan, John McCain, Mitch McConnell and the Republican majorities in both houses of congress, who did literally nothing on this issue during President Trump’s first two years in office.
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But that’s not going to stop some FReepers from giving Trump 100% of the blame.
Yeah like surprising everyone with an EO to stop entry into the US without announcing it ahead of time.
Nielson did a real lousy and job articulating why those children were separated from their parents, that they weren't in cages and were well cared for. She seemed to lack passion about the urgency of the issue, until now, when even she seems to understand how bad it is. She should've been out there, every day, letting people know how bad the human trafficking and sex trade including minors has been, for a long time.
We need someone who is mad as *ell about that!
Wow; the Sidney Powell column you posted is worthy of its own separate threat. If only her action items could be the plan for the new DHS secretary, we would actually make real progress.
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