Posted on 05/13/2022 5:01:58 AM PDT by Republicans 2016 2020
The reality - as much as you may not like it - is that you don't have 40 Republicans willing to kill aid to Ukraine over wall funding, and there is absolutely no way the Dems would agree to wall funding. So what we get is some drawn-out statement of principle from Republicans saying they never agree, and then Democrats with enough Republican support would end up ramming through what they what they want anyway.
The truth is that funding for Ukraine has broader support than does the Wall - majority in both parties. That's why holding it hostage is a doomed effort.
If you actually had negotiated anything, you wouldn’t be so ready to ignore the leverage in hand. OR, you take the first crumb your counterparty drops and walk away happy while the counterparty laughs their a$$ off.
I no point in handing them a political victory to crow about by fighting a very public battle we know we will lose ahead of time.
I mean, think logically for a second. If there were enough GOP votes/will to hold legislative items hostage for the wall, don't you think we would have done it at some point during Trump's term??
Read the thread title! This thread is about Crenshaw, so of course I'm focusing on his vote, you idiot. If you want to blame all those Republicans who didn't back Trump on the wall, fine. BUT THAT IS NOT THIS THREAD.
Also, by your logic, MTG is as equally responsible as is Crenshaw for all those Republicans who didn't back Trump on the Wall. So who is she to open her pie-faced yapper?
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