Trump's End of Week Message on Immigration: Give Up!
The White House strategy for handling the family separation backlash has mostly been to blame lawmakers. Earlier this week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told reporters, falsely, that Congress created the problem and that "only Congress can fix it." Two days later, the administration titled the executive order Trump signed to keep families together "Affording Congress An Opportunity to Address Family Separation." House Republicans have responded with a frantic effort to pass an immigration bill that would satisfy the president's demands. As they've worked to come to an agreement, Trump hasn't done much other than tweet about it. On Friday morning, the president came in hot before quickly fizzling out, ultimately telling GOP lawmakers to just go ahead and give up.
"Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November," Trump wrote before tweeting his support for a number of Republican candidates.
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Though Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for the failure to pass legislation, it's the Republican members of the Republican-controlled House who have so far been unable to agree on a bill. In what was supposed to be an effort to move the process along, the president met with GOP members of Congress Tuesday night. Instead of addressing the specifics of the proposed legislation, Trump waxed on a number of unrelated subjects, including the failure of Trump critic Mark Sanford to win South Carolina's GOP primary. Lawmakers reportedly left the meeting unsure whether Trump supported a proposed hardline immigration bill or another more moderate one. Instead, the president only managed to express general support for the effort. "I'm with you 1,000 percent," Trump said. "I will not leave you in the wilderness."
"I love you people," the president added.
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To me, this sounds like a signal to Republicans that Russia is going to steal the mid-term elections.
Mueller and the intelligence community have warned that Russian bots are aligning to steal another election. All of this chaos is meant to distract us.
Republicans up for election have bitterly complained to the pResident that this immigration morass is killing their poll numbers. This is tRump reassuring them to not worry... the Russians will save them.
