Posted on 01/19/2019 5:05:07 PM PST by Kaslin
I’ll confess that when I wrote about the President’s expected immigration and border wall offer this morning I left open the idea that he might declare a national emergency just to throw everyone a curve ball. That didn’t happen. Instead, he went with Option B which I also mentioned. He’s putting a DACA/TPS offer on the table and seemingly daring Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats to turn it down. (NBC News)
President Donald Trump proposed a deal to end the government shutdown that continued his demand for $5.7 billion in funding for his border wall, but contained what he suggested was a concession to Democrats: three years of protections for immigrants who were brought to the country illegally as children and those who fled certain countries and are covered under the “temporary protected status” program.
“This plan solves the immediate crisis, and it is a horrible crisis,” Trump said in an address to the nation, delivered from the Diplomatic Room at the White House. “And it provides humanitarian relief, delivers real border security and immediately reopens our federal government.”
Trump said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has agreed to put his proposal into a bill and bring it up on the floor by the end of next week.
Democratic leaders in Congress declared the plan dead on arrival, issuing a spate of statements based on early news reports of what Trump intended to propose.
This looks like The Art of the Deal in action, at least at first glance. I was expecting some sort of deal for the dreamers that gave them permanent legal alien status and perhaps a shot at citizenship after a sufficient period had passed for those currently following legal means to become citizens. Ten years seems about right.
Trump offered less than that. Three years is on the table, along with some other goodies that the Democrats have been asking for. And three years takes them past the next election, so if a Democrat wins the White House they could expand on that as I suggested above. And it would reopen much of the government and put many furloughed workers back on the job. What’s not to like, right?
Supposedly, there’s plenty not to like. Pelosi didn’t even give it a moment’s notice in any serious way.
“It is unlikely that any one of these provisions alone would pass the House, and taken together, they are a non-starter,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement. “For one thing, this proposal does not include the permanent solution for the Dreamers and TPS recipients that our country needs and supports.”
Now the battle lines have been fully drawn. Trump came to the table and offered some options that Democrats have been pushing for, but not all that they desire. That’s the definition of negotiating. If the new Speaker had come back with a comment about it being “a good starting point” we might have gotten somewhere. But she shut it down cold.
Is that going to tip the blame game? Probably not. John Podhoretz explained why and it once again has to do with how the media will spin the story.
Speech was a fair summary of an offer. Question going forward is if Dems pay because they make no counteroffer. Without media pressure on them maybe not.
— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 19, 2019
As I responded to John, there will be no media pressure. It will simply be “not good enough.” They’ll seek to continue placing the blame on Trump even though he offered a bounty of riches the Dems desired. Pelosi won’t cave on any money for the wall because she believes that her continued leadership in her party depends on defeating Trump rather than getting anything done.
The Shutdown Theater story is far from over I’m afraid. Unless, of course, somebody can put a bug in Pelosi’s ear and get her to come back with a reasonable counteroffer.
And get off our ass about a constitutional convention... The ‘people’ have lost control of DC.
This is a perfect description of where we're at.
And what comes after "voting"? ;-)
Here’s the problem for the Dems. Trump will need to move money around to fund food stamps. If people don’t get their food stamps that will be a problem; nine meals to anarchy.
The left and the media will be apoplectic. Open the government they will scream. So what would Trump do. House bill written by the Dems, a second bill by the Senate, reconciled in committee and then on Trump’s desk; that would take some time. Or, sign a general EO that lets him move money around for food stamps and other things such as the wall.
Let a leftist judge stop that.
So, are they Media Rats going to continue spreading the LIE that POTUS Trump is not the one Negotiating or does Buzzfeed have another Exclusive?
So as I understand it, if the shutdown lasts past Tuesday, the layabouts can be fired under a reduction in force rule. Serious swamp draining can occur unless Pelosi sucks it up. Think she will?
She had a seven day trip planned, so no.
Instead of a bug in her ear, how about a horse head in her bed?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Bf3Dzm-xk
Pelosi cares about no one except herself.
Start deporting a few DACA kids and watch the fireworks. Blame her.
I want to see the food stamps stop. Blame her.
It’s all good...he knew they would reject it.
Nancy will probably die from holding her breath
If your candidates win, we'll destroy them. or
If your candidate wins, we'll destroy him.
Nancy is holding out for Trump and Pence’s resignation so she can be President ,that’s the Deal ,LOL
Rif...
And tomorrow is day 30
Don’t laugh. The Dems are doing their best to put a plan into action that will remove Trump and Pence both to accomplish just that.
No.
As soon as President Trump starts any reduction-in-force of the Federal bureaucracy, the Democrats will demand impeachment proceedings in the House. They will do the same if the President declares a national emergency and has the Military start running the wall project.
They simply won't care what the odds may be of actually getting an impeachment or conviction. I do not believe they will get either outcome. But they won't stop trying to remove the President from office.
Among other actions, the Democrats front groups will organize "spontaneous" rioting in the major cities as soon as the EBT system runs out of money. They won't need to push very hard at all to get that fire started. Of course they will blame the violence on "justified reaction" to President Trump's refusal to fund the Government unless he gets money for the wall construction.
Things will rapidly spiral out of control by the puppet masters after that.
I do not see the Democrats accepting any political solution. Control of the Police and Military will determine who wins this conflict.
You have to laugh to think would even try it
“OK, So make it $7.5 billion and two years.......”
President Trump cannot, MUST NOT, cave on ending the shutdown without border wall funding.
ANYTHING else he attempts, E.O., declaring a national emergency or closing the border will be immediately stopped by the treasonous Leftist courts !
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