I have come to the opinion that it is much more nefarious than that- They might have been spineless and clueless, but no one can possibly be that stupid.
That’s why I said I was a long time coming to that. I couldn’t believe that anyone could be that stupid, but I’ve changed my mind. Watch Harry Reed or Barbara Boxer on CSPAN, or read the letter I got from Mitch McConnel trying to explain his way out of the immigration fiasco.