Posted on 06/22/2018 7:33:31 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
President Trump on Friday may have doomed the chances for a House GOP immigration bill after urging Republican lawmakers to abandon the compromise effort they have been working on for weeks.
The legislation was already on life support, with party leaders deciding on Thursday to postpone a vote to the following day as they struggled to garner enough support for the measure.
But Trump likely put the nail in the coffin, telling Republicans they should stop wasting their time on the divisive issue.
Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November, Trump tweeted Friday morning. Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!
Earlier in the week, Trump personally rallied members to support the immigration legislation the product of weeks of delicate negotiations between centrists and conservatives and told GOP lawmakers he was with them 1,000 percent.
The whiplash has some House Republicans seriously doubting that leaders will be able to get the bill over the finish line, which was already going to be an uphill climb before Trump's tweet.
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This is great news. We want the wall. Nothing but the wall. We rule!!
“The legislation was already on life support” (and it wasn’t going to pass in the Senate anyway).
Mercy killing.
It will likely delay getting a big load of money for the wall, but he will probably get $1.6 or $2.2 billion anyway, which still does some good work.
When Mexico elects the hard Leftist AMLO as President next month, that fruitcake will become a walking poster boy for the wall - in time for our elections this year.
Just hold the House, we will pick up seats in the Senate.
The GOP effort is all about the final amnesty to complete the Bush Plan for North Mexico.
It needs to be doomed.
We MUST remove the Bush League Republicans from office!
Best election ever...
Best vote I ever cast...
Best return on my time to vote...
Where is 60 mentioned in the Constitution??
Or are you fabricating fanciful numbers?
I am elated. The Americans have spoken. The rinos are now cowering in defeat. The $25 billion is back ion the Goodlatte bill for the wall ! Praise Jesus!! That bill will now pass. The freedom caucus is double checking the wording but with this we get mandatory e verify or you go to prison as an employer!! The DACA illegal aliens get work permits only if they signed up last year. Otherwise it is adios amigos. This is a huge victory for our beloved president. The key now is to give living hell to rinos in the senate like John cornyn so they drop to their knees in capitulation and. Surrender. This Is Happening!! Build all the WALL!! God bless American.
Unless McConnell does away with the fliabuster it takes 60 votes in the senate. Also he already said it wont get a vote this session in the senate.
Good!!!
Now wait for that Communist Obrador jackass to start a real migrant invasion, and send the Army and Marines to fully close the border. Then we process the remainder of the illegals, and toss their asses out...with their kids.
Oh, and declare a state of emergency and have the Army COE build the Wall in 2 months from DiD funds.
Leftists will be foaming at the mouth and bleeding from their ears in rage, while the rest of us will be cheering him.
Hold that thought:
From another post today:
I was just walking over to the Oval Office and I said, You know, it doesnt feel right to have a picnic for Congress when were working on doing something very important, Trump said Wednesday, according to Politico. It didnt feel exactly right to me.
Wasting food would have only added insult to injury, so the President did what any MAGA-hat-wearing populist POTUS would do: He sent all those ridiculous ribeye steaks over to Walter Reed.
All the food will be served Friday for lunch at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, according to a report from Bloomberg News. The food will be given to patients, caregivers, and employees at the Warrior and Family Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Yeah where would they get all of the votes to pass the new amnesty bill.
I am so thankful we have President Trump!!!
Mark Meadows and the Freedom Caucus stopped them this week .
For some unknown reason Trump allowed this Ryan Amnesty go forward last weekend and
witnessed Meadows stall this Ryan Sell Out after Ryan killed the
Rival Bill .
Trump realized the Huge Divide caused by Ryan trying to ram thru Amnesty before the midterms and said enough . Both Rush and Lou Dobbs warned a Ryan K street Amnesty sell out would be a huge mistake before the midterms . Meadows knew that and put on the brakes . Call the Freedom caucus folks and donate . Kill the Ryan K street disaster bill .
“But Trump likely put the nail in the coffin, telling Republicans they should stop wasting their time on the divisive issue.”
President Trump, please take a nail gun to that coffin.
I second that idea.
>> Where would they get 60 in the Senate? <<
They wouldn’t. But the vote against the bill would just be one more reminder of the Dhims’ hypocracy on the issue.
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