[ConservingFreedom]

he will not discuss or consider what needs to be done about illegals living here until

Which is what the headline says.

[zencycler]

he will not discuss or consider what needs to be done about illegals living here until

Which is what the headline says.

No, headline says "never gets an answer" on "immigration". He did answer, his answer was the most important consideration, by far, was border security. The country needs to address that first and save consideration for alternatives on what to do about the illegals that are here until later.

The answer is that he favors waiting until the border is secure to address that issue, which makes sense to me, because if both issues get combined then the Dems could use their leverage to trade thei votes for border security for GOP votes on some kind of amnesty.

Far better to push border security first, and unconditionally, and then to get the Dems on record voting for or against it.

[zencycler]

Suppose you grounded your kid, and then, at breakfast, you tell him he should leave now so he’s not late for school, to which he responds “if I do that and I’m not late, can I not be grounded for today?”, to which you respond “get your butt out of this house and get to school on time, and we’ll talk about that later.”

Whether you intend to tell you kid yes or no about what he wants (reprieve from grounding) you shouldn’t, in my opinion, say anything when he’s trying to use what you want as leverage - especially when what you want is, by far, more important. Also, in the analogy above, I’d say you did give your kid an answer, as did Cruz to the equally petulant Democrats and their lapdog media brats.