The G.O.P. abandoned a bipartisan border security bill that also aided Ukraine after Democrats called their bluff on immigration, agreeing to tough measures Republicans demanded.

Their idea was to tie approval of military assistance to Ukraine to tough border security demands that Democrats would never accept, allowing Republicans to block the money for Kyiv that many of them oppose while simultaneously enabling them to pound Democrats for refusing to halt a surge of migrants at the border. It was to be a win-win headed into November’s elections.

But Democrats tripped them up by offering substantial — almost unheard-of — concessions on immigration policy without insisting on much in return. Now it is Republicans who are rapidly abandoning a compromise that gave them much of what they wanted, leaving aid to Ukraine in deep jeopardy, border policy in turmoil and Congress again flailing as multiple crises at home and abroad go without attention because of a legislative stalemate.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.world
    44·
    9 months ago

    How is republican media spinning this? It seems so obviously stupid even those guys who think trump looks like elvis have to be scratching their head

    • Ranvier
      26·
      9 months ago

      They’re trying to spin some nonsense about how we don’t actually need any new law for the border (even though they were screaming we did for years, but forget about that) and Biden just needs to enforce current laws and “shut it down.” What current laws are not being enforced? They cannot say. What they mean by “shut it down,” they don’t know.

      • EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
        6·
        9 months ago

        Shut it down means we do something like the red light//green light game in squidt Gamesz along the border, and nothing that moves gets in.

    • lennybird@lemmy.worldEnglish
      263·
      9 months ago

      Carlson is busy in Russia interviewing a despot, so the marching order talking-points haven’t fully come in.

      I’ve seen some half-assed arguments from conservatives here and there, but they’ve really got nothing. They mostly just lie, as usual.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        49·
        9 months ago

        EDIT: I’m back to apologize, hadn’t seen the latest. But I’m leaving the comment.

        C’mon, don’t spread the speculative shit conservatives so. Tucker was seen in the Bolshoi Theater. That’s it. It’s one of the most famous theaters in the world and the man is filthy rich. That’s not weird. Any other take is pure speculation. (But we could have fun with that without stating it as fact.)

        It’s appalling that conservatives would have anything to do with Russia, but that’s where we’re at. The GOP is bought and paid for by our arch enemy, and no one cares.

    • WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
      6·
      9 months ago

      National Review writer I read was saying that the fact it allows 5000 a day is ridiculous so it doesn’t actually matter what the concessions are.

      • Ranvier
        3·
        9 months ago

        And it doesn’t even “allow” 5,000 a day. That’s just the number that when breached they start turning everyone away no matter what, asylum case or no. All the people saying it allows 5,000 undocumented immigrants a day are making up nonsense.

        Sorrry I know you probably know, more for anyone reading this.

    • ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Probably something like: “Democrats added an amendment that would require all Texan children to only use unisex communal cat litterboxes!!1!”

      Or something equality ridiculous and stupid.