Posted on 06/17/2018 6:42:16 AM PDT by Libloather
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump's policy of taking immigrant children from their parents at the southern border may have been designed to push Democrats to the negotiating table in Congress but it could end up costing Republican lawmakers.
"Democrats can fix their forced family breakup at the Border by working with Republicans on new legislation, for a change!" Trump wrote on Twitter Saturday. "This is why we need more Republicans elected in November."
But the policy, which has separated some 2,000 children from their parents in just six weeks, could have the opposite effect as anxious Republican lawmakers fear voters may see their party as heartless on immigration and punish them for it in November. And Democrats are driving home that message in emails to supporters and by organizing trips to detention centers.
The issue will "absolutely" be a factor in the midterm elections this fall, said a GOP operative working to elect Republicans to Congress, adding that "the images are devastating" for the GOP.
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NBC - Nothing But Crap
Wont cost Republicans a single vote! Dont like our laws? Dont come!
I certainly hope this issue is a factor in the election.
Well, I will lead a backlash if they DONT break them up.
Indeed.
GOP fears midterms backlash from breaking up families at the border...
They should fear the influence of the blatantly incompetent leadership at the FBI and Justice dept. The American people arent going to put up with this BS and will show their displeasure by their voting in the midterms.
WAKE UP, GOP. SOLVE THE PROBLEM...NOW!!!
When I hear the words “a GOP operative working to elect Republican members to Congress”, my first thought is that we are talking about a Democrat. That would be my second thought, and my third thought as well.
Which is why 200,000 more Republicans than Democrats votes in the Ohio primaries just recently. What a joke.
That is an excellent point.
Republicans should show up en masse with a video screen showing the photo’s from Obama admin of the kids camp and hammer home. THIS WAS YOUR OBAMA who knew this was happening and did nothing.
But they won’t. Instead they allow the DEMS to control the imagery and message and the weak knee’d Pubs will write a bill giving amnesty.
I am way past tired of seeing or hearing “the GOP fears....”
No, the GOP does not fear that stuff. A bunch of milquetoast RINOs, who have somehow wheedled their way into positions of influence in the GOP, fear things (mainly not getting invited on to the right TV shows or parties). That is why Donald Trump got the nomination, because the rest of the party doesn’t fear a damned thing.
Can somebody explain to me exactly how Trump separates kids from their parents and how this canard got started? What exactly are they talking about?
You know their rules it’s not a problem when we do it.
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