Posted on 10/26/2018 11:43:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The commercial opens with an appeal to fear: a hoodie-wearing man prowling an alley, knife in hand. His face remains hidden but the ad makes it clear: He’s an illegal immigrant.
“We need tough immigration enforcement to keep dangerous criminals out,” says the ad by a national conservative political group, part of an effort to help a Republican challenger, Mike Braun, oust a Democratic incumbent in Indiana and capture a U.S. Senate seat in November’s congressional elections.
As they try to hang on to control of Congress, Republican candidates are following the lead of President Donald Trump and turning to rhetoric about immigrants as a tactic to motivate voters.
The anti-immigration rhetoric, advertisements and campaign events, combined with the party’s embrace of Trump’s immigration crackdown, represent a dramatic evolution of Republicanism under Trump. Anti-immigration themes now dominate a party that for decades was defined by fiscal, social and national security conservatism.
As recently as 2013, when the Senate passed an immigration bill with bipartisan support, a significant portion of the Republican Party backed immigration reform - including a path to citizenship for some of the 12 million people living in the United States illegally. But those voices have been mostly silenced since the rise of Trump, drowned out by his statements decrying “amnesty for illegals” and “chain migration,” his term for the longstanding U.S. policy that allows legal immigrants to bring family members into the country.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Well, if Republicans are so manipulative and evil, how come it’s leftist organizations that put together the caravan in the first place?
Gee wanting politicians to enforce the law is now “scary”
Voters should be scared.
There is nothing imaginary about the throngs invading our country.
Every part of the country is affected now.
Negatively.
Notice many times it takes 2 or more to write this drivel.
How DEMOCRAPS are scaring voters to the polls with their ‘open borders’ let-’em-all-in (criminals, gang members, drug cartel, future welfare recipients, etc.) attitudes/policies.
As recently as 2013, when the Senate passed an immigration bill with bipartisan support, a significant portion of the Republican Party backed immigration reform - including a path to citizenship for some of the 12 million people living in the United States illegally.
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First off it’s not been 12 million for 20 years, more like in excess of 30 million.
Second, and most importantly, EVERY ONE of the Bush League Republicans that has blocked the citizens from stopping the illegal alien inundation and has advocated for the abandonment of the rule of law with amnesty MUST be removed from office.
McCain is dead, Flake, Hatch and Corker all quit, but the only bright spot in their replacements is Blackburn in TN.
Alexander and Graham are up in 2020, they MUST be replaced.
Rubio, Murkowsky and Hoeven have to go in 2022.
The ones I listed in the previous post are only the ones who actually voted for the amnesty attempt in 2013.
There are many more Bush League Republicans that have to be replaced.
Tillis, Burr, Lankford, Gardner, Cornyn, Cochran, Collins, Sasse, Kennedy, Shelby, Ernst, Blunt, McConnell, Wicker, Portman, Isakson, Johnson, Toomey, Rounds, Thune, Gaines, Barasso and Enzi are all Bush League Republicans hell bent on making America into North Mexico.
The citizens MUST have more than 4 or 5 Senators that side with US and the rule of law.
Scratch Cochran and add Hyde-Smith
As opposed to Democrats who drive Illegal Invaders to the Polls to cast their (illegal) Votes against Republicans.
Fake News.
Illegal entry is not immigration.
Every time the media erroneously claims Republicans have move rightward on any issue it should be made clear that, in fact, Democrats have moved leftward on the very same issue.
Ooo...it’s a “special report” and not a unspecial report!
We can always thank Reuters for helping the public see thru the republicans scams and that there is absolutely o reason to be concerned for immigration issues.
Funny as hell that the leftist media all of the sudden found the “fear” talking point. Never heard of it before when the Dems were using the little girl with a nuke detonation behind her; or the constant blacks will be hung talking point; or the Biden “blacks will be back in chains” speech; or grandma over the cliff ad; or the current Repubs will get rid of preexisting conditions coverage etc etc. Yup, leftist media isn’t biased at all. Zero credibility.
Trump sending US troops to the border to hold off the marauding Third World hordes is Trump’s Act of Love.......for America.
So is this in actuality a “report”?
Or an editorial?
This is VERY STUPID Democrat strategy....a caravan of migrants hitting our southern border at election time? That is the #1 dumbest thing they could do...Trump won the first time on immigration. The DEMOCRATS are energizing Trump’s base. But don’t tell them, never stop the enemy from self infliction.
So?
Leftists and globalists are using fake global warming to garner votes for additional taxes
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