They just ain’t happy….
Their Democratic President IS stuck between a rock and hard place….
On immigration?
Most Americans want migrant’s and want them treated safely….
But?
The President IS getting a beat down by Republicans , who ALWAYS use the images of crowds crossing the bordre to gain political points in some places where Biden and Democrats need votes….
In the Israeli/Gaza conflict?
Immages of blowout buildings and death counts by Israel , that Biden has been begging to stop has turned off muslim and other Americans voters who see Biden as NOT being forceful enough….
Biden is following in the footsteps of his former boss Barack Obama who had to make the same moves to show restraint on immigration policy…
Nevermind that border crossing have dropped by almost 50% recently….
THAT isn’t gonna make the headlines….
Heck?
Biden says give him backing to do more and the Republicans promptly do a one eighty and say ‘NO’….
Biden IS working to get a pause in the Israeli/Hamas conflict …
But he’s the American President…
He does NOT run Israel…..
And?
Why would Muslim American voters NOT want to vote Biden who has NOT had a Muslim travel to America ban like Trump HAD and vows to reinstate if elected?
“The president would just do very well to remember it has never worked for Democrats to just take up Republican talking points and think that somehow Republicans are going to turn around and thank us for it,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Progressive Caucus. “That’s just not going to happen.”
It has the makings of a potential Democratic crackup, if the border proposal that’s now on the rocks in the Senate manages to stay alive. Speaker Mike Johnson is signaling the border deal is “dead on arrival” with his House Republicans, but liberal opposition could prove just as problematic even if Johnson is persuaded to act on it.
Democratic leaders have avoided any criticism that could further endanger the monthslong border talks; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday that his caucus would evaluate it once they could review bill text, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has welcomed the negotiations. But progressives are openly predicting that the entire effort could backfire by further alienating a party base that’s already disillusioned by the war in Gaza.
“It’s bad immigration policy. It’s bad for our economy. It’s not humane. It’s bad for Americans, and then I think it’s bad politics as well. I don’t think that we should be accepting a hostage-taking situation and Trump-light policies as Democrats,” said Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas).
The calculus is quite different for Democratic incumbents in battleground states and districts. They have increasingly signaled their willingness to cut a deal that could alleviate a huge electoral vulnerability by showing that the Biden administration can tackle spiking migration….
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Senate border negotiators still hope to present a deal to members of both parties this week. It would be tacked on to the White House’s national security emergency spending request, which includes aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and the southern border. With both chambers and the White House on the line this fall, though, the party is painfully aware that an intraparty squabble with the left could materialize.
Even beyond the Progressive Caucus, key House Democratic voting blocs are riled up about the talks and airing anxiety about what the White House might concede to Republicans. The “Tri-Caucus” of groups representing minority voters is also leery of the Senate’s deal, with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus particularly outraged at its exclusion so far from the talks — though some members in Tri-Caucus groups have cracked open the door to supporting it.
“Republicans are just getting what they want on the border, but then we aren’t getting reforms on immigration. And so it doesn’t feel like there’s a give and take here,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
Some progressives see a potential border deal between Biden and Republicans as a betrayal of his promises to reverse former President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration policies….
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Top Senate Democrats, meanwhile, are offering their own subtle advice to the left:
Be prepared to give ground….
I’m not going to get into the Middle East aspect of this post. Nobody else here ever does, for good reason.
However, there seems to be a suggestion that Americans support Biden on the border and migration issues and that the views/fears expressed by Republicans are the outlier and that just is not the case. Most Americans support legal immigration. They are very concerned though about the current situation at the border and the unprecedented influx of migrants and how that is affecting the communities where they are going or being sent.
If the left wing revolts because Biden is between a “rock and a hard place” on the issue, that says something about today’s left wing.
If u check?
The migration numbers have recently DROPPED BIG TIME…….
The issue isn’t what the actual numbers are…
It’s straight up POLITICS!
Obama got a beat down
Trump had the courts in his case
And Now?
GOPer’s change like the wind to keep Trump happy and Biden miserable….
In the process they screw the left!
Come on!
This IS PURE politics
Texas governor thinks he’s his own country and the President, who thinks like he’s a senator, and not a President, let’s the shit fester
This has nothing to do with Obama. It was nowhere near as big of an issue back then and the left gave him a pass anyways.
A decrease in crossings over a period of one two weeks is not unusual. The Border Patrol says that is consistent with what happens this time every year, but the overall numbers are of still way up historically. You also have to depend on the Mexican government cracking down over a long period of time, which nobody does.
This is a bad issue for Biden now,and its not just because the left might get angry. It is also going to hurt Republicans if they are seen as caving in to Trump who wants the situation to get worse for political reasons.
You clearly do not give a strong endorsement to Biden’s leadership on this.
It is said there is a recent decrease in border crossings. I do not know where 50% comes from, but that is due entirely to actions being taken by the Mexican government to stop migrants. It is not that they are no longer trying to come. Almost nobody expects this to last, which is why Biden is conceding that he is willing to “shut down the border” once daily crossings reach a certain point again, etc.
Yup CG!
A DECREASE……..
Any mention of THAT by GOPer’s?????
DSD?
Do that short comment again please
A decrease is seen as irrelevant if the overall number is still as high as it is. It is the same discussion as inflation. Even if prices go down a little bit compared to last month,they are still much higher than they were last year, etc.
These mathematical concepts may be beyond you.
And so?
Like i say here?
The issue is to be used as a hammer against Biden no matter what the current situation is , or would be…..
How effective a situation, eh?
No mention of Trump’s legal problems and troubles in migrant treatment?
No mention of Stephen Miller’s history?
Again?
Like the ‘L’ word?
Immigration works as a political hammer against Democratic Presidents
Irregardless…
Hey?
I never thought about this?
Maybe Trump’s angling to get back into‘walls’ so he can make some money of them?