Posted on 04/30/2017 7:00:41 AM PDT by street_lawyer
Republican opposition to the Trump doctrine is still in full force, log-jamming Trump’s critical first 100 days. For the second time congress has shelved repealing and replacing Obamacare. Progressive republicans, who are in the majority, are now holding conservatives hostage by refusing to agree to small changes of Obamacare so as to reduce the debt and lower premiums.
Progressives in both parties continue to prove that they do not want border enforcement. Incredibly they refuse to fund one-cent for the construction of a wall along the southern border. This is in spite of the fact that a large majority of republican voters want the wall built.
About eight-in-ten Trump supporters who cast ballots or were planning to in the days leading up to the election (79%) said illegal immigration was a “very big” problem in the U.S., according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted just before Election Day. Even more (86%) said the immigration situation in the U.S. has “gotten worse” since 2008. Pew Research Center
Progressives in both parties have no problem adding trillions of dollars to the already unsustainable national debt, but have already expressed their opposition to elements of the Trump tax reduction plan claiming that it would increase the national debt.
The national press continues to blame conservatives for the delay, delay, delay. But it is increasingly obvious that progressives in both democrat and republican parties do not want to implement the Trump doctrine. The battle is over insuring people with pre-existing conditions who contracted an illness or suffered an injury while uninsured. It wouldn’t take a psychologist or economic expert to realize that if pre-existing conditions were not covered by a new policy that it would behoove everyone to purchase insurance so that their pre-existing condition would be covered should they choose to switch insurers. The real problem with insurance coverage is that there are no really high paying jobs, say in heavy manufacturing, where employers could afford to provide insurance coverage or workers could afford to purchase their own coverage. But the media will not address this issue because to do so would encourage an industry that they blame causes global warming.
Progressive Republicans offer the lamest excuses for not holding the line on increasing the national debt. They allow deficit spending and when money runs out they vote to increase the national debt saying that for them to shut the government down would cost republican votes in the next election. The fact is that there is no actual proof that such would be the case, but many intelligent voters seem to accept that preposterous proposition. Don’t expect progressives in either party to get behind Trump’s agenda to cut government spending, reduce onerous job-killing regulations, build a wall, approve fracking and offshore drilling, or to bring back heavy industry to America. Progressives in both parties have consistently shown that they are opposed to an America-First policy and will continue to delay, delay, delay, until President Trump is either voted out of office or is so damaged by inaction that he becomes the feckless president that progressives would like him to be.
In the end, being successful in the real world does not mean that Trump can be successful as president, especially when he is dealing with politicians like Paul Ryan who is very capable of writing his own book on the “Art of the Political Deal”.
Silly. If Trump is “drowning” we should all drown. He has accomplished more than any pres since FDR in 100 days, almost single-handedly.
Can’t wait for the next 1000.
Difficult to tell which political party is killing itself faster—DemoncRATS or RINOs.
Trump is doing just fine 100 days in.
You must not be paying attention.
Also, you forgot to flag this as a vanity.
One roadblock after another. What to do?
It's totally obvious that Congress is corrupt and is controlled by lobbyists.
True that Trump has been doing everything in his power, but consider the fact that his executive orders are easily lifted by the next president whether it is a RINO or a Democrat. Trump is certainly not the problem, but he will need a new offensive if he intends to get congressional support for his policies. He’s very intelligent so perhaps he will eventually find a way to get rid of the RINO’s who are standing in his way.
This is not about Trump's performance. The poster could have worded this better.
The salient point is that Congress is bottlenecking Trump's agenda. I would rather have legislation passed than EOs, which can be reversed by a Rat President in the future.
I didn’t forget I just didn’t know to flag it as vanity. sorry
And don't forget the judicial branch fighting Trump.
Understand where you’re going with this and why...we’re all frustrated with Congress at this point...will be interesting to watch this play out over the next few months...given that, I’ll still take the first 100 days overall...I believe the tax package will be passed and the enforcement of our immigration laws will continue to ramp up, including building the wall! I’m concerned about the trajectory on Healthcare as well, but I also believe it may just take more time than anyone realized...
TG
Over $3 billion from lobbyists controlling the agenda of the establishment in congress. The root of the problem:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3548662/posts
yup...had a conversation with a lady in the gym yesterday- an older Jewish conservative woman who loves Trump and says less than 1% could put up with the crap he’s dealing with...i told her its as much the fault of the GOPe as it is the rats..
I’m totally pleased with Gorsuch, but I have one caution to express. Like Chief Justice Roberts, Gorsuch will be faithful to upholding original intent. I felt that the Chief was maligned when he decided against a penalty and for a tax thereby upholding Obamacare. The power of the federal government to levy taxes is unlimited. Judges need not accept language used by the parties, and although the government argued “penalty” the Chief held it was not a penalty since it bore some rational relationship to funding. (My characterization not the words of the Chief Justice). When the Chief said that it was not up to the court to strike down a bad law, it is up to congress; and if the voters don’t like the law they need to vote the politicians out of office, I thought he spoke like a true and faithful servant of the Constitution. I can see Gorsuch doing much the same thing in the future. He will likely be true to original intent but anger some ideologues as Chief Justice Roberts did.
Paul Ryan needs to be replaced as first on the obstructionist list!
TG you give us all hope. From your pen to God’s ears.
The whole ‘100 days’ thing is utterly silly.
This is one of the dumbest and uninformed opinion speeches I’ve ever read here. You should go back to lurking before everybody realizes how ignorant you are.
Paul Ryan needs to be replaced as first on the obstructionist list!
Amen brother!
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