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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I read back in the day that when Tom Daschle was Senate leader he had a staff of seventy-five. I'm sure it has only increased since then.
Somebody give me some rope!
Ooops, he fell in the Potomac? Slipped off I tell you.
If you can read this T-shirt my bitch fell off.
Mike, interesting sentiment, but this is on every single elected Republican. We don't chose and decide to follow your so-called "leadership." You do. You should have ditched your leadership long ago. The peaseants are doing a census of available lamposts while you guys fret over what your leadership is doing to you.
I see Ted Cruz is on the list but where is The Cornyman.
Hint, standing behind Turtle with his head so far up Turtle’s ass that Turtle’s face puckers.
Ditch Mitch and fire McDaniel.“
When the time came there were two people the base specifically pointed out that they did not want to get the jobs, Ronna and Mitch. So the GOPe flip the base the finger and gave it to both of them.
Mitch has been splitting the GOP for years defending his RINO’s and fighting against true conservative Republicans. It’s LONG past the time he should step down or be removed.
The overriding problem here is that the negotiations focus on how much constitutional border authority congress should abdicate to the president. The answer should be “None”.
Congress needs to take back the authority it has already abdicated, set overall annual limits on the total number of immigrants allowed into America, and reject all others.
Mitch is a bought and paid for CCP asset.
Worse is Trump made said spy his Secretary of Transportation IIRC......
I doubt the USA has had a fair election ...ever. It is pretty typical in politics WORLDWIDE , the USA is not much different than any other gov't , except for the deception of "freedom ", the tyrants give a little more leash , I guess its not too bad here yet, it could be worse
it sure wont get better
:)
Senate GOP will block border deal, leaving Ukraine in limbo
I wish this were true, but I’ve been hearing ‘The walls are closing in on Mitch McConnell!’ for a while now, ever since he began having those Brain Freezes at the podium, about a year ago.
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