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General Category => Immigration/Border => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 17, 2018, 11:51:31 am

Title: Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort
Post by: rangerrebew on June 17, 2018, 11:51:31 am: Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort

By Lauren Fox, Tal Kopan, Ashley Killough and Pamela Brown, CNN
Updated 1:57 AM ET, Sat June 16, 2018

(CNN) House Republicans were in full-on damage control Friday morning as they sought to downplay President Donald Trump's comments that he wouldn't support the GOP compromise bill.

After a day of confusion that threatened the future of the legislation, the White House issued a statement on the record that Trump supported the bill along with a more conservative piece of legislation.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/polit...ion/index.html (https://www.cnn.com/2018/06/15/polit...ion/index.html)
Title: Re: Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort
Post by: Fishrrman on June 17, 2018, 10:24:05 pm: "Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort"

We can only hope for as much...
Title: Re: Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort
Post by: Right_in_Virginia on June 17, 2018, 10:26:51 pm: Please, Mr. President, stand firm on this. Take all the slings and arrows they throw at you and we'll send reinforcements your way in the upcoming elections.
Title: Re: Republicans scramble to understand if Trump just sunk their immigration effort
Post by: dfwgator on June 17, 2018, 10:28:24 pm: You mean their effort to torpedo Trump's re-election chances. Because if he signed that garbage, he'd be toast.