Posted on 02/05/2024 3:52:55 PM PST by Libloather
The bipartisan border deal that is dividing congressional Republicans is already leading to angry calls to shake up the Senate leadership and furious claims by Donald Trump that it represents a 'death wish' for the party in 2024.
The fury came in the hours since negotiators put out details on their new bipartisan deal to provide new authority for the administration to 'close' the border when crossings spike, while sending billions to support allies Ukraine and Israel.
Among those to heap the most scorn on the agreement was Utah Sen. Mike Lee – who even appeared to demand a change in his party's leadership after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell helped oversee the deal with Majority Leader Sen. Charles Schumer. McConnell, the longest serving Republican leader in Senate history, survived a leadership challenge in November 2022 on a 37-10 vote.
'This feels like an elaborate practical joke. But it’s not funny. Not one bit. I cannot understand how any Republican would think this was a good idea—or anything other than an unmitigated disaster. WE NEED NEW LEADERSHIP — NOW,' he wrote on X.
'Senate leadership screwed this up — and screwed us,' he wrote in another post. Even while refusing to let us see the bill they claimed to be negotiating on our behalf — for MONTHS — they were never in doubt, insisting we’d be dumb and even unpatriotic NOT to support it. This is a disqualifying betrayal.'
Former President Donald Trump, who has already been publicly seeking to tank the deal, blasted it after negotiators announced the details.
Trump called it a 'ridiculous' border bill, and said it was 'nothing more than a highly sophisticated trap for Republicans to assume the blame on what the Radical Left Democrats have done to our Border, just in time for...
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It’s way past time he was forced out as Republican leader and forced into retirement.
Maybe. But, he's mostly owned by business interests of the GOP and uniparty that want cheap labor and Defense Industry.
Politicians like McConnell have turned this nation into an oligarchy.
Just like McCain used to do
......and indict him for treason.
Kick the Bum out!!!
Just do it. Now.
Give the Un money to Israel, as long as we are in the un.
The Senator from Beijing!
You are mistaking cause, effect. The problem is not the McConnel is the Senate Republican Leader. The problem is that McConnel is the leader Senate Republicans want.
He does not fear the wrath of KY voters: maybe because there is no wrath there.
It’s the two words a Kentuckian fears: “Ditch Mitch.”
-PJ
It’s bad enough that the Democrats are trying to destroy this country with illegal aliens, but the fact that Republicans like Lankford and McConnell are helping them - I’ve never been this disgusted and angry.
And his CCP wife (handler) too.
I’m watching Jesse Watters right now, describing the Senate “bill” in detail.
I knew this was bad, but I am so mad I could spit. This bill isn’t even a joke, it’s totally designed to do absolutely NOTHING about the open border except make it even WORSE. And Schumer says our kids will be fighting in Ukraine if it doesn’t pass!
DAMN SCHUMER
DAMN BIDEN
DAMN MAYORKAS, and
DAMN MITCH MCCONNELL for going along with this!!
“ Among those to heap the most scorn on the agreement was Utah Sen. Mike Lee.”
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If Mike Lee, a man who introduced legislation that would allow companies to have 50% of their workforce be H1B visas, is against this, it is either the absolute worst betrayal of the American people in history or he is jockeying for McConnell’s position…or both, possibly.
I was just reading the other day about squatters in Atlanta and New York State.
If the invaders squat in newly finished houses, it would shut the building industry down in those areas.
And I suspect it won’t be long before they figure that out.
They might even demand $200/day/each while the houses are under construction.
I’ve had this fantasy for about 50 years that a Convention of States gets together and votes say 45:5 to remove the Senate...period. A boy can dream.
“He’s married to a CCP spy.”
That’s absurd. President Trump didn’t name a spy to his cabinet.
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