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Steve King: Trump base may dump him over Dreamers deal
The Washington Examiner ^ | September 14, 2017 | Susan Ferrechio

Posted on 09/14/2017 1:53:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

The House GOP's staunchest opponent of illegal immigration said President Trump is now at risk of losing his base of supporters after supposedly cutting a deal to legalize more than 800,000 young people who arrived in the United States illegally as children.

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, said he stands by a Wednesday night tweet that proclaimed Trump's base "is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair," after he dined with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.

The two Democrats left the White House proclaiming they had reached a deal with Trump on the so-called Dreamers that would legalize them and even provide a pathway to citizenship, otherwise known as "amnesty" to opponents like King.

"If they see amnesty coming out of the White House, that is the one thing that will crack his base," King said Thursday. "They are loyal Trump supporters but the most important plank in that platform is the rule of law. If that is blown up here in their negotiations, whether it is his intention or not, they are not going to have a leg to stand on when they press others to defend our president."

Democrats say Trump agreed to deal to legalize the Dreamers and Pelosi added later that Trump supports an eventual "earned path" to citizenship for those eligible for the program.....

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Iowa; Issues; State and Local; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: daca; demsdaca; dreamers; king; pelosischumer; schumerpelosi; steveking; trump; trumpdaca
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To: CTrent1564

Excellent post!


41 posted on 09/14/2017 2:34:44 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just l)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And all head over to the Rinos? Hillary crybabies? Progs? Antifa?

No, Andrew Jackson won most of his battles but compromised when necessary.


42 posted on 09/14/2017 2:41:32 PM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: epluribus_2

Amnesty is a “No Go Zone” for patriots

No Amnesty = Good Amnesty


43 posted on 09/14/2017 2:44:19 PM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" @HOROWITZ39, DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: Angels27
President Kamala Harris

Certainly he will have issues if he folds on DACA, but if you think the base will embrace nutjob Kamala Harris then that would be the same as the President making a deal with Schumer and Pelosi, which is crazy on the face of it.

He just needs to be reminded that he won because of his position on the issues and not because of his personality or celebrity .

44 posted on 09/14/2017 2:44:40 PM PDT by WHBates
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Many of his most fervent supporters are angry with him.


45 posted on 09/14/2017 2:46:20 PM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Only their self-aggrandizement matters.)
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To: citizen

There is no deal.


46 posted on 09/14/2017 2:47:30 PM PDT by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Perhaps it enough of contact him, let him know how we feel, he will not support those entitled “Dreamers.” Support for them would be a betrayal of those who supported him.


47 posted on 09/14/2017 2:48:45 PM PDT by apocalypto
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

King doesn’t look good in pearls. I thought he was smarter than this.


48 posted on 09/14/2017 2:50:30 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; Biggirl; ...

PING


49 posted on 09/14/2017 3:09:45 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Deal or no deal? Wall or no wall? Conservative or no conservative?
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2017/09/deal-or-no-deal-wall-or-no-wall-conservative-or-not-conservative.php

Paul Mirengoff
September 14, 2017

Late last night, in an update to a post about DACA, I noted that President Trump reportedly had just made a deal with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi regarding DACA-style legislation. The alleged deal would protect the roughly 690,000 people covered by the current DACA program (but not, I take it, other “dreamers”) and would include a package of border security measures, excluding the wall, that’s “acceptable to both sides.”

This would be a good deal for Democrats. It would put DACA on a sound, permanent legal basis without giving Trump his wall or any other security provision deemed too harsh (i.e. effective) by Chuck and Nancy.

The White House, though, is denying that it struck such a deal. Sort of.

(Snip)

We may be seeing the emergence of the real Trump presidency. Keep conservatives happy through judicial appointments and the like (but can we be entirely confident that Trump’s new friend Chuck won’t have a say in the next Supreme Court selection?). Keep the nationalist base happy by attacking the media and through gestures like pardoning Sheriff Joe. Steer a middle course — neither hawkish nor dovish — on foreign and national security policy. Govern as a centrist (and at times from the center-left) on domestic policy issues.

If this turns out to be the case, no one who paid attention to Donald Trump pre-2015 should be surprised.


50 posted on 09/14/2017 3:31:11 PM PDT by Valin
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nancy and Chuckie will say anything to try and drive a wedge into Trump’s base. Watch not what people say but watch what occurs.


51 posted on 09/14/2017 3:35:29 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yep. This would be a lousy move by DJT. ANY whiff of ANYTHING remotely like an amnesty will cost him support.


52 posted on 09/14/2017 3:53:55 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No but I’d like to dump some RINO’s in congress.


53 posted on 09/14/2017 4:07:55 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

Almost all of trumps supports comes from being anti illegal immigration. If trump grants amnesty to 800000 illegals his base is done. Finshed. They will stay home next election. Dems will win the house. Game over.


54 posted on 09/14/2017 4:16:44 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Amnesty for dreamers is just the first step. Next will be comprehensive amnesty for all illegals. If trump grants amnesty his base is gone.


55 posted on 09/14/2017 4:18:19 PM PDT by Okeydoker
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To: ObozoMustGo2012

His daughter and son-in-law are involved I bet.


56 posted on 09/14/2017 4:26:56 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Okeydoker

I see it the opposite way. Amnesty for Dreamers kills any chance of amnesty for the rest. That’s why Obama didn’t do it when he had the chance, which was basically any time during his entire eight years in office.


57 posted on 09/14/2017 4:33:19 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Dump him and get what, a Cruz or a Clinton clone?

If Trump does not succeed it will be because of people to stupid to see it’s the political establishment trying to force him to fail. It will also be the end of any opportunity we have to fix our country. People better wake up.


58 posted on 09/14/2017 4:38:58 PM PDT by LuvFreeRepublic ( #MAGA)
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To: IrishPennant

That was awesome...hat tip.


59 posted on 09/14/2017 5:36:45 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man, a subject.")
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To: WHBates

“Certainly he will have issues if he folds on DACA, but if you think the base will embrace nutjob Kamala Harris then that would be the same as the President making a deal with Schumer and Pelosi, which is crazy on the face of it.”

Not saying Trumps base woul vote for Kamala Harris, but saying his base will stay home in 2020 if he caves on Amnesty.


60 posted on 09/14/2017 5:41:42 PM PDT by Angels27
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