Country or Trump? Choose.
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Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who is facing blowback from within his party for working on a bipartisan border security package, defended the bill on Sunday, saying his Republican colleagues who have criticized the measure are misunderstanding it.
Lankford has been the GOP’s lead negotiator on the bipartisan deal, which would tie funding for Ukraine to border policy changes pushed by Republicans.
Though senators have not yet released the text of the bill, President Biden has praised the general framework of the deal. But former president Donald Trump has opposed the package, which has prompted several Senate Republicans to say they would not support the measure.
On Sunday, Lankford said his colleagues had not had a chance yet to read the full text of the bill and said there were “internet rumors” floating around about the measure that were false.
“This bill focuses on getting us to zero illegal crossings a day. There’s no amnesty. It increases the number of Border Patrol agents, increases asylum officers, it increases detention beds so we can quickly detain and then deport individuals,” Lankford said on “Fox News Sunday.”
“It focuses on additional deportation flights out. It changes our asylum process so that people get a fast asylum screening at a higher standard and then get returned back to their home country,” Lankford added.
Lankford called out his colleagues for bowing to political pressure, noting that four months ago Republicans refused to grant funding for Ukraine, Israel and the southern border until there were policy changes.
Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/01/28/border-bill-trump-lankford/
Replies to: Country or Trump? Choose.
Comrade Trumpsky is owned by Putin and is against any funding for Ukraine to fight the Russians.
Thank God for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and the Democrats.
If the “country” you’re referring to is China.
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Trump because he will save our country.
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Oh please. Put away the Trump inflatable. The bill will be the same whether it’s Orange or Biden.
It needs 60 votes in the Senate and HOR passage, and it’s looking likely the HOR will switch to the D’s.
Everyone knows this, including the GOP border hardliners like Lankford. The D’s gave up a lot more than the R’s here. Can’t you nuts get it through yer thick heads that this is a GOP victory? Except your cult leader tells you no because he thinks it hurts his election chances. Same guy who wants an economic collapse now. Cult over country.
Yes. The liberal cult attacks Trump.
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How can anyone in their right mind think the incompetent biden
Is capable of running the country.Youd have to be a moron yourself.
And of course the cult will leap to Trump’s defense
After all, what’s one more year of what they assure us is an “invasion” if it means hurting Biden?
On this bill, it’s a choice between doing something about the border or do nothing to give Orange a
campaign issue.
Where do you think the cult will fall?
Exactly Frank. Check out the “do nothing” posters in this thread.
These are the same posters who gripe about the border on a daily basis.
the border is deserving of a standalone bill. And, I'm not
a fan of how we've engaged with Ukraine in another endless war,.
It's a Ukraine border bill, not US border bill in term of $ amount. Indeed Ukraine or US? Choose.
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We need to leave Ukraine...waste of money.
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There needs to be a defined end game in sight.
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only end is enriching military suppliers and congress
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You meant Ukraine or Trump? The bill that links Ukraine aid to US border security is a fraud.
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According to our resident Chicom. Of course the opposite is true
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Nah, that Bill is a joke.
The Ukraine Funding and Border Funding are surrounded by pure pork. It would be insane to pass it as is.
There needs to be a compromise. Everybody knows that.
All the finger-pointing won’t change it.
Name one bill from Republicans or democrats that didn’t have pork.
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Most Bills are compromises. They don’t get passed without some negotiation.
The narrative that the Republicans are the only ones holding the Bill up is false. The dems need to come to the table and trim some fat off this monstrosity. Both sides need to
Compromise.
Country or Biden? Choose.
Unfortunately, I suspect the choice will only be this: Biden or Trump? Choose.
Choosing country means choosing Biden.
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Proof that the libs believe in Party over Country.
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The good news: WaPo is laying off reporters and might shed the Conor Paywall block.
The bad news: So long as there is a single journactivist left on staff, conor will still be sharing TDS articles.
It certainly is a mystery why "legacy media" are dying.
Link: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/27/wapo-ceo-the-existing-model-is-creaking-00138217?fbclid=IwAR3_ZVwntO5u-nxYoBi3UdbLer98HtGEXYQbRDfrPGSSZHJeHvYYW16-vlw
Is that where the ugly red headed chick works?
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Maureen Dowd -- Baby Doll -- no, she's with the NYT.
Color me a bit surprised that she never emerged with her own story of Trump diddling her against her will.
Why do you and Trump hate women?
Define "woman."
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Flag!
Between the two of us, who makes posts about women 1/4 of our ages for ogling? I mean, you be you, but let's not pretend that the ladies don't find that demeaning and weird. As a general rule, male feminists are, well, kind of like you. They say things to ingratiate themselves to feminists, all while having an ulterior motive. Wormy, apt to "tell on" other men to benefit themselves and their aim.
Trump reserves his nastiest comments for men, as a general rule. You just judge the comments based upon the same, lower standards that you use to judge any member of a minority group. In this case, the proverbial, "poor, defenseless woman" scale. As of yet, I haven't heard Trump accuse any woman of having a father who helped assassinate a president, for example. Mostly, he has made mean comments about the physical appearances of some women. Again, mean, but fairly low on the insult meter when compared to what he says about men he doesn't like. Is he a misandrist, too?
You know they’ve won a bunch of those Pulitzer thingys… right?
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The left is always into giving themselves awards. They are the classic trophy for everyone types.
Look at all the bullshit awards teachers get. Are there ever any medical doctor, lawyer, engineer or accountant awards?