When one asks what’s killing the GOP’s ability to advance their immigration agenda, it’s clear the call is coming from inside the House
Republican lawmakers in the House are once again at each other’s throats, this time over their efforts to secure hardline border and immigration reform.
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
“President Trump failed, along with Republicans … they failed in 2018 to actually move a border security bill to tighten this so that we weren’t dealing with this crisis right now, they failed to build the wall,” Roy said, “this stuff matters, it adds up.”
During a heated floor debate on Thursday, Roy also expressed his frustrations with his caucus. “It doesn’t matter who is sitting in the speaker’s seat or who has the majority. We keep doing the same stupid stuff,” he said, lambasting a proposed resolution that would extend government funding through early March. The bill passed and was signed by President Biden on Friday.
so is this fake border nonsense the new ‘abortion’ so they can lead their voters around as the ring in their noses?
They’re having to consolidate their position for rhetorical affect. Last time it was the border and spending cuts, but they long delays caused outrage,which was the point. They just thought a government shutdown would reflect badly on Democrats because they’re stupid. So they’re trying again, still thinking their principled stand reflects American public opinion generally.
Probably not. People care about abortion because it affects them and it’s been a hotly debated issue for decades. The border issues mostly don’t and so it’s not a galvanizing issue. Republicans are just looking for something to rile up their base.
Fuck ‘em.
Just looked up Chip Roy’s district, no surprise it’s in the super nice hill country that’s not impacted even close to the amount other places in Texas are. I’d wager any illegal immigrants in his district are employed by his constituents.
Of course. But we’re not allowed to talk about who hires them. And if they’re not good little slaves, they disappear and magically end up homeless in cities, Mexico, or worse.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
Trump has been calling Republicans who support a proposed border deal that is being negotiated in the Senate “stupid,” as a source familiar told Rolling Stone, and complaining that approving the package would hand Biden a victory ahead of the two facing off for the 2024 presidency.
Similar sentiment has been expressed in the Senate, where Republican leadership has warned the lower chamber that they’re unlikely to get a better deal on immigration, even if Trump wins in 2024.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) threatened to repeat recent history earlier this week and introduce a motion to vacate against Johnson if he moved forward with Friday’s resolution, on grounds that she opposed providing additional aid to Ukraine and that the package lacked sufficient increased border measures.
On Thursday, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) pushed back on his colleague’s efforts to tank long-coveted, measurable immigration reforms over petty grievances.
If they say they “want meaningful border policy changes, and, for whatever reason they come up with, they don’t want it anymore — that’s gonna be a tough position to stand by,” Crenshaw said.
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Non American here. What the fuck kinda name is Chip?
The name of a really awesome Broadway performer.
I’m unaware of a solid answer on this.
It’s an old enough nickname that the origins are likely lost to obscurity.
It’s been said that it’s a shortened version of “chip off the old block” but I find it more likely that it’s an evolution of “chib” as it seems to predate the phrase, from what I can tell.
Maybe he’s just so incompetent of human being that a potato chip is comparable?
