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To be fair to Republicans, we definitely didn't learn about this today. They've been consistently pushing this issue over the last eight years (build the wall)

To be fair to Republicans, we definitely didn't learn about this today. They've been consistently pushing this issue over the last eight years (build the wall) and crafted a narrative that the Democratic party did absolutely nothing to get ahead of. And it turns out the minority voters that the Democrats rely on, many who came here legally as immigrants, don't like illegal immigrants "cutting the line", regardless of how true any of it is. A great example is the viral marketing Republicans did where they went house to house in largely blue towns asking when they'd like their shipment of an illegal family to house.

johnnyanmac 2y ago
meanwhile voting against immigration control is a bipartisan issue. Because shocker: it turns out big businesses want cheap labor with hostage of citizenship over their heads to abuse. Just wool over everyone's eyes. They are just rationalizing who they want to hate while ignoring how little progress on their issues they are actually making.
- paulryanrogers 2y ago
  There was a bipartisan bill that Biden vowed to sign. It was torpedod at the last minute by candidate Trump to deny Biden a win, despite it having many of the things Republicans wanted.
  - newfriend 2y ago
    This is not accurate, but it is a commonly pushed narrative by certain biased media. That bill was negotiated in secret by three senators, including one Republican senator. When the text of the bill was finally released, the contents were much different than expected. You can listen to Republican senators talking about the bill as soon as the text was released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4EzoWR944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4EzoWR944 And you can listen to the Speaker talking about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii0tl8d5G3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii0tl8d5G3g It's not like this bill had wide support, and then Trump said something and everyone pulled back. That's just a fabrication meant to give the Democrats campaign talking points. Also the House passed a border security bill in 2023, which has been blocked by the Democrat controlled Senate. [1] [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2
    - cutemonster 2y ago
      Seems you're wrong, https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/unraveling-misinformation-about-bipartisan-immigration-bill/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/unraveling-misinformation-...
      - TrapLord_Rhodo 2y ago
        this is why it didn't pass: >The bill also would have supplied more funding to interdict fentanyl and human trafficking, and it included $60 billion in aid for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.

johnnyanmac 2y ago

meanwhile voting against immigration control is a bipartisan issue. Because shocker: it turns out big businesses want cheap labor with hostage of citizenship over their heads to abuse. Just wool over everyone's eyes. They are just rationalizing who they want to hate while ignoring how little progress on their issues they are actually making.

paulryanrogers 2y ago
There was a bipartisan bill that Biden vowed to sign. It was torpedod at the last minute by candidate Trump to deny Biden a win, despite it having many of the things Republicans wanted.
- newfriend 2y ago
  This is not accurate, but it is a commonly pushed narrative by certain biased media. That bill was negotiated in secret by three senators, including one Republican senator. When the text of the bill was finally released, the contents were much different than expected. You can listen to Republican senators talking about the bill as soon as the text was released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4EzoWR944 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf4EzoWR944 And you can listen to the Speaker talking about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii0tl8d5G3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii0tl8d5G3g It's not like this bill had wide support, and then Trump said something and everyone pulled back. That's just a fabrication meant to give the Democrats campaign talking points. Also the House passed a border security bill in 2023, which has been blocked by the Democrat controlled Senate. [1] [1] https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2
  - cutemonster 2y ago
    Seems you're wrong, https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/unraveling-misinformation-about-bipartisan-immigration-bill/ https://www.factcheck.org/2024/02/unraveling-misinformation-...
    - TrapLord_Rhodo 2y ago
      this is why it didn't pass: >The bill also would have supplied more funding to interdict fentanyl and human trafficking, and it included $60 billion in aid for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel.