I think that is exactly the case. You just have to look at what Boehner has said; what Cantor has said; what Ryan has said; what Cathy McMorris-Rodgers said; what Mario Diaz-Balart has said; what Bob Goodlatte has said; etc.
The telltale sign is that folks like Zuckerberg and the many donors who signed a letter to the GOP are still pressing ahead. These are not stupid people who would waste their time on a futile effort. They have been given some assurances by the GOP House leadership.
As someone who lobbies on the Hill on immigration issues, I can tell you that the next three months are a time of great danger. The pressure is enormous. And if they don't get amnesty this summer, they will definitely push hard to do it during the lame duck session even if the Reps were to win the Senate. Both parties have abandoned the American worker and are in the pockets of the corporate elites.
Oh, I don’t disagree.
I just disagree that what she said was inadvertent. It was deliberate and planned to help splinter off a significant chunk of the GOP base and encourage them not to vote in November.