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Trump has not been in office since January 2021; how could he have tanked that bill? Using Trump as an excuse for not passing any bills on immigration, LGBT ri

Trump has not been in office since January 2021; how could he have tanked that bill? Using Trump as an excuse for not passing any bills on immigration, LGBT rights, abortion, etc when he didn't hold any political position for 4 years is the very definition of ineffective leadership.

Sabinus 2y ago
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/gop-senators-angry-trump-immigration-deal/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/gop-senators-angry-t... "Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their likely presidential nominee. In recent weeks, Trump has been lobbying Republicans both in private conversations and in public statements on social media to oppose the border compromise being delicately hashed out in the Senate, according to GOP sources familiar with the conversations – in part because he wants to campaign on the issue this November and doesn’t want President Joe Biden to score a victory in an area where he is politically vulnerable."
- hnthrowaway6543 2y ago
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  - kelipso 2y ago
    Trump was the last GOP President and clear winner of the last primary, so of course he is the leader of the party and in charge of it.
  - snake42 2y ago
    Your replies are moving the goalposts. That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
  - kid64 2y ago
    "Destructive" is probably a more useful characterization than "effective". But I get it.. must always praise dear leader. I'm just curious.. in your mind, what was the objective of storming the beach at Normandy? What do you think Americans were fighting to preserve?
  - johnnyanmac 2y ago
    >you're basically just making the argument that Trump is an incredibly effective leader capable of controlling his party's agenda even when he's not in charge of it to my understanding, he wasn't afraid of splitting the vote and was vocal about it as far back as 2022. And apparently the R's that publicly slammed him did not want to call that bluff. So... maybe?

Sabinus 2y ago

https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/gop-senators-angry-trump-immigration-deal/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/25/politics/gop-senators-angry-t... "Senior Senate Republicans are furious that Donald Trump may have killed an emerging bipartisan deal over the southern border, depriving them of a key legislative achievement on a pressing national priority and offering a preview of what’s to come with Trump as their likely presidential nominee. In recent weeks, Trump has been lobbying Republicans both in private conversations and in public statements on social media to oppose the border compromise being delicately hashed out in the Senate, according to GOP sources familiar with the conversations – in part because he wants to campaign on the issue this November and doesn’t want President Joe Biden to score a victory in an area where he is politically vulnerable."

hnthrowaway6543 2y ago
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- kelipso 2y ago
  Trump was the last GOP President and clear winner of the last primary, so of course he is the leader of the party and in charge of it.
- snake42 2y ago
  Your replies are moving the goalposts. That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad.
- kid64 2y ago
  "Destructive" is probably a more useful characterization than "effective". But I get it.. must always praise dear leader. I'm just curious.. in your mind, what was the objective of storming the beach at Normandy? What do you think Americans were fighting to preserve?
- johnnyanmac 2y ago
  >you're basically just making the argument that Trump is an incredibly effective leader capable of controlling his party's agenda even when he's not in charge of it to my understanding, he wasn't afraid of splitting the vote and was vocal about it as far back as 2022. And apparently the R's that publicly slammed him did not want to call that bluff. So... maybe?