"They often repeat claims that the border is now a sieve allowing, among other dangers, terrorists to flood into the U.S. At the same time, they claim it’s not so bad that it can’t wait to be dealt with until next January.
How does a GOP candidate run on that? It’s akin to saying, 'I know the building is on fire, but only Republican firefighters can put it out. They’ll be along to help. In 11 months. Maybe.'”
~ Dan Rather
#Republicans #Trump #border #immigration
/4
https://steady.substack.com/p/the-do-nothing-strategy
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