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Trump urges Republican lawmakers to drop immigration effort
SRN News ^ | Jun 22, 2018 | Doina Chiacu;

Posted on 06/23/2018 8:46:16 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump urged Republicans lawmakers on Friday to drop their efforts to pass comprehensive immigration legislation until after the November elections that he hopes will see more party members voted into Congress.

The Republican president, faced with a public outcry over his policy that separated children from their migrant parents at the U.S. border with Mexico, tried to refocus the immigration debate on Congress in a series of early posts on Twitter.

Despite Republican control of both the House of Representatives and the Senate, the party’s slim 51-49 majority in the latter chamber makes some Democratic support necessary to pass most legislation.

“Elect more Republicans in November and we will pass the finest, fairest and most comprehensive Immigration Bills anywhere in the world,” Trump said on Twitter.

“Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November. 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!” he said.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Arizona; US: California; US: Florida; US: New Mexico; US: New York; US: Texas
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To: Hawthorn

I think that the President assesses that he is likely to get a better deal from the next Congress than from this one.

The bill they are proposing takes the DACA issue totally away (granting a path to citizenship, that millions will be able to use), leaving no leverage to reform chain migration (the single biggest problem), or to extract a big up front funding for the wall.

It is possible that seeing the internal polling, or knowing of the scandals that will break on the Democrats, that the President anticipates keeping the house and improving in the Senate. He has started talking about a Red Wave.


21 posted on 06/23/2018 11:07:56 AM PDT by BeauBo
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To: HiTech RedNeck

The trend line is moving the Republicans’ way.


22 posted on 06/23/2018 11:16:28 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

He’s planning on a November Red Tsunami, then Congresscan pass real reform.


23 posted on 06/23/2018 12:03:54 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: laplata

Mexico


24 posted on 06/23/2018 12:09:24 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for eir victory.)
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To: xzins

When did we ever own Mexico?


25 posted on 06/23/2018 12:15:52 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

The President has already won on the immigration issue by campaigning for a border wall. Now he needs to find a way to fund it. But waiting for Congress to repair it’s faulty immigration law is to cast pearls before swinefor. Trump is right to use it as leverage for the midterms, “Build the Wall” could very well be the midterm cry for many of the would-be GOP candidates this fall,with Trump helping them GOTV.


26 posted on 06/23/2018 12:52:16 PM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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The President has already won on the immigration issue by campaigning for a border wall. Now he needs to find a way to fund it. But waiting for Congress to repair it’s faulty immigration law is to cast pearls before swinefor. Trump is right to use it as leverage for the midterms, “Build the Wall” could very well be the midterm cry for many of the would-be GOP candidates this fall,with Trump helping them GOTV.


27 posted on 06/23/2018 12:53:16 PM PDT by confederatecarpetbag
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To: laplata

In the Mexican War, Mexico was totally defeated. We took the southwest as a result, but could have tsken it all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War


28 posted on 06/23/2018 1:30:59 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for eir victory.)
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To: xzins

We can’t give back what we “could have taken”. Your wording was way off.

I’m glad we didn’t take it.


29 posted on 06/23/2018 1:57:56 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: confederatecarpetbag

Good points.

The new president to be of Mexico wants millions of Mexicans to come up here. That’s going to help get the wall built.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/06/22/mexicos-next-president-tells-country-they-must-leave-their-towns-and-find-a-life-in-the-united-states/


30 posted on 06/23/2018 2:01:23 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Hawthorn

Well, we know Ryan’s Bill is amnesty . We know anything coming out of the Senate will be amnesty. Not good things for Republicans to run on!

Maybe he’s hoping enough RINOs will get replaced in the midterms.


31 posted on 06/23/2018 2:19:40 PM PDT by CottonBall (Thank you , Julian!)
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To: TBP

Currently it is. I hope that in success, Republicans remember God and kneel in genuine humility. This is something that I pray there would be any sign of with Donald Trump. He talks a good American culture revivalist line. He looks a lot like JFK in policies. But somehow the “in God do we trust” is hard to see. I pray that if Donald believes in private, it will come out as an explicit public confession soon. Which might not happen until Donald really slips up then a miracle occurs that saves his bacon.


32 posted on 06/23/2018 3:05:52 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
I guess amnesty is out of the question now? /s

OR is if guaranteed......

33 posted on 06/23/2018 5:39:59 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck
You want a red wave. Have the republicans get rid of the current speaker of the house Paul Rino. Then maybe people will see that the republicans are serious about change and this would encourage voter turn out.

Pure and simple Rino is what is holding up all that could be accomplished good in the house that supports our American First presiding President

34 posted on 06/23/2018 5:43:36 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: laplata

We had it. We gave most of it back. Could have kept it all.

We wouldn’t be having these current problems had we kept it.


35 posted on 06/23/2018 6:42:15 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for eir victory.)
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To: xzins

We never had it. We only controlled certain small areas and dictated terms to the Mexicans to end the war. We never controlled territory.

If we had tried to take Mexico we’d have had worse problems than Maximillian ever had. They were not about to let the Gringos take over.

Thank God we didn’t try.

Now we are seeing Reconquista and how do you like that?


36 posted on 06/23/2018 6:54:24 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Nothingburger
The only solution is war against Mexico.

It is inevitable.

37 posted on 06/23/2018 6:57:52 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas

The illegals had best vote GOP.


38 posted on 06/23/2018 7:10:17 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES-GOD WITH US)
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To: upchuck
I am sick and damned tired of the mentally diseased left calling this "his policy." President Trump had nothing to do with this policy. It was passed by Congress as US LAW when nobama was playing tiddly winks in the White House.

Which needs to be pointed out to EVERYONE who claims this is Trump's doing.

39 posted on 06/23/2018 8:35:21 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith......)
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To: laplata

We had defeated their army, taken their capital, and annexed a third of their territory. I’d call that pretty decisive


40 posted on 06/23/2018 8:35:42 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for eir victory.)
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