It would be great to manage a deal on immigration reform, too. There's clearly more to the issue than what I sometimes think of as "the barrier method" (the border wall, a decade-old condom in a ripped wrapper). It would be great to get beyond the stupid GOP rhetoric about an "open border" that simply isn't.
But we aren't going to so long as Republicans are more interested in running on that issue than actually doing anything about it. And even more interested in impeaching people than actually talking about what could be done better or differently while they are the ones holding up increased funding for smarter border security.
We're not going to stop crawling along from CR to CR either, because while Democrats like myself say things like "And OMG, only half of the House GOP even wanted to keep the government funded!", I decided to just take a look at what the socials were saying on the Republican side, and well, it sounds a lot like "The damn RINOS in the uniparty shafted us by going along with the Schumer-Pelosi plan instead of giving us the shutdown we want!"
So. Yeah. We aren't looking at negotiations trying to happen between two different parties, but two different parallel universes, each with a different grasp on history, politics, and a whole different media ecosytem.
And that is a big part of why we can't have nice things. And when we even get "OK things", MAGAs start hollering to vacate the GOP Speaker.
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pelosi? ummm... you'd think they'd know that hakeem jeffries was running the show on the democratic side of the aisle; he's been cleaning their clocks for a few years now.
they've got SO many problems, clearly they ALSO don't get "linear time".
Her name riles up the base. It's part misogyny, but they probably are also superstitious about her because she was so effective as Speaker getting things passed. Like she's a witch who put the Evil Eye on them.
Questioning the obvious I suppose but isn't campaigning on the issue without actually addressing the problem a primary feature of Republican politics with immigration "reform" being a long time favorite? Back before gerrymandering was abandoned in California I lived in a "safe" Republican congressional district so every two years the Republican talking head would trot-out the same old anti-immigrant talking points. Trouble was, it's a district with A LOT of agriculture so while the message was good for Jane & Joe average Republican the big farmer Republicans with deep pockets and a deep reliance on immigrants weren't REALLY interested in too much "reform".
I think there is a point to be made that the Republican talking point is superficially anti-immigration but more specifically anti-immigrant. It's the people that are demonized, accused of bringing in crime, accused of changing the culture as a mythical "Great Replacement". The fearmongering is real, the policy discussion is nonsense.
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