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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We need to post a couple of divisions along that border to stop this invasion once and for all.
As far as lefty judges go.Tell them to force the military off of the border.Let them bridge it.
That may be, but it doesn’t change the fact that nothing will change at the border - nothing. At this point, the only way to staunch the flow of illegals is to close the border and enforce the closure, which Trump will not do.
Agreed. She also had a column back in October explaining why Trump had the clear authority to shut down all immigration to protect the country.
Not that he listened to her on that either.
This part of my statement “As far as lefty judges go.Tell them to force the military off of the border.Let them bridge it.”
Was in error caused by apples auto-correct.
It should have read As far as lefty judges go tell them to force the military off of the border.Let them enforce it.
That auto-Correct sucks.
I don’t know why Trump is so soft on McConnell.
He gave the corrupt Mexicans 365 days and she got 3 days!
I think something is afoot. Notice that Trump withdrew his deputy DHS/ICE nominee cuz he wasn’t “tough enough.”
So Ann was right?
I’ll be......
Freepers eat crow?
I am optimistic that President Trump will do something to close the border since he wants to win and he knows full well that getting control of the border is THE top issue.
This piece is too negative and ignores the President’s resolve.
Kris Kobachs plan is sound and Trump should jump on it. The legislature is going to do nothing.
DHS secretary has a ton of power ,you just have to use it
We MUST replace the Bush League Republicans in Congress.
Rubio, Graham, Murkowsky, Hoeven, etc. believe amnesty is the only answer.
“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.”
Sadly I have to agree with that. It pretty much says it all!
Can’t recall that ever happening. These goofballs just move the goalpost or deny saying stuff as if it never happened.
” ex-Obama official Kevin McAleenan”
WTH is a guy like that still doing there?
I used to enjoy making fun of Cory Booker, then I literally forgot he existed for a while.
If the People act unilaterally/independently outside of constitutional strictures, then they can be declared in insurrection. Ergo that's not an option unless the USG begins a war in earnest against patriots first.
So that leaves Trump. If Trump doesn't do what it's necessary, then the war is already over. If Trump does declare that Calif/NY are a state of rebellion, ordering federal troop to occupy both those states and the border, call out the militia and enact other emergency national security, then we must indepdently assess the odds of those actions being successful.
My take is that: (a) Trump simply doesn't have what it takes to rise to the level of a Lincoln. Not a dig, and not intended to criticize some perceived fault; It's just an honest assessment. That means that while Trump may have had some conceptual ideas of what was possible when he declared his candidacy, the reality of the situation has caused him to reconsider.
(b) Even if Trump possessed some internal motivation to act in such a broad and critical manner, he's determined he doesn't have sufficient support of either the military and/or internal security apparatus (CIA, FBI, et al) to carry out such an action. Therefore, he has decided to not act decisively, but rather to defer.
Both alternatives A & B provide a rationale, logical explanations of what is occurring at the border. But that's not satisfactory for those who want to be on the right side of history, who want to thrive and not just survive. There many, many Germans, Japanese and Russians who got up, dusted themselves off, and were able to successfully operate in the new paradigm following their respective defeats.
I think a very interesting question is how does one re-position themselves to leverage the natural advantage of being a Castilian Spaniard in their (previously) home country? Let's face it, the 10% who live in Mexico city behind fortified walls and personal security live very well. One can either cleverly adapt or run screaming headlong into bayonets. I for one plan on continuing to be a winner.
But then, what can he do? Even walls will take years.......crisis is NOW!”””
Bring in the military & build the WALL. That won’t take years.
Tell the Democrats to pound sand. AUDIT their tax returns
Tell the various judges to pound even more sand.
President Trump can unilaterally withdraw from (abrogate) the 1951 UN Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol. I am not an immigration law expert but my understanding is that these two UN documents, as interpreted by our courts (remembering that ratified Treaties like this are second only to the Constitution in precedence) are a big part of why refugees cannot be forced back over the border once the mutter the magic words seeking asylum. So why not start by taking this action?
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