Posted on 01/23/2018 9:07:46 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Party leaders must learn from the GOP and listen to their base, which skews as progressive as the Republicans does reactionary.
Senate Democrats on Monday voted overwhelmingly to end the government shutdown without protections for the DREAMERs - who were protected from deportation and allowed to legally work by the Obama-era DACA policy eliminated by President Trump in 2017.
For the Democratic Partys progressive base, their capitulation was a disappointing end to a moment in which it seemed like the party might finally take a real stand against abhorrent Republican policies.
The DREAMERs were meant to be an unassailable group of people after whom not even the most craven of elected officials could justify going. And yet, here we are.
Maybe Obama should have pushed for a more significant immigration reform from the start, instead of carving off the most sympathetic group for assistance under DACA, then putting off the rest of immigration reform for President Clinton to deal with on a day that would never come.
Its time for Democrats to re-evaluate incrementalist tactics like these, based on their actual outcomes.
As 2018 and 2020 approach, Democratic candidates would do well to keep listening to progressive movements and leaders, not Trump voters they hope can be turned at the polls.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Black citizens resent the crap out of illegals coming here and working under the table for cheap wages.
Hispanic who are citizens resent the crap out of the illegals too... Maybe there are fools who think the ‘democrat base’ is liberal ‘elites’... It’s NOT. Those are the people propped up but there aren’t enough of them to elect a national level dog catcher.
Go for it Antifa - destroy the democrat party... we’re DOWN with THAT struggle.
What a dumb @$$ assumption and a even dumber writer. Please tell me how MS-13 and other criminal gang members are dreamers? And what about American kids dreams?
LOL - it's a start. The MSM knows they're going down with democrats... they're thinking of 'jumping ship'...
That looks like a good pic of her, but look for others. Tatted all over with piercings, has articles about her drug use, public nudity, and from a host of lefty rags like Jizzabel.
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Judging from her makeup, tats, and political views, I think she's done her share of kneeling before open trench coats.
That’s right - they need to shut the government down in 3 weeks and leave it down for a couple months......that ought to finish them off.
Well played sir!
Dumb @ss assumption for a dumb @ss reason. The parasite left has milked the racist, homophobe, whateverist crapola so long they need a new underclass to protect. And the parasite left chose ILLEGAL F'n ALIENS to be their new weapon. Insanity!
>> Should I even bother reading the rest of her dreck? <<
Not really. You nailed it.
Oh, I would take the rattlesnake's argument very seriously. "Get away from me or I will bite" is pretty convincing to me.
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