"If we didn't have a White House involved, I think there are a bunch of issues we could have — we could come together on." |
"Hey Cedric! Kiss my grits!" |
Posted on 06/17/2018 9:28:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-La.) suggested Sunday that Congress could more easily reach an agreement on immigration legislation if President Trump did not get involved on the issue.
Richmond said on CBS's "Face the Nation" that he believes Congress should vote on immigration bills ahead of November's midterm elections to show voters where each lawmaker stands on the issue.
But, he said, passing legislation "gets complicated" with Trump's involvement.
"I mean, the head of their party who occupies the White House said very early on, 'If you give me border security, if you give me a wall, then I'm willing to create a pathway to citizenship for DACAs. If you all get it passed I'll sign it,'" Richmond said, referencing remarks Trump made during a January meeting with bipartisan lawmakers.
While Trump initially said he was willing to "take the heat" and sign a bipartisan immigration bill, he later backed off his pledge, instead issuing a list of four pillars that he would require in any piece of legislation.
Richmond said Sunday that the president's additional criteria has made it difficult to come to consensus.
"(Trump's) role in Congress gets complicated a little bit because you have to introduce the president," Richmond said. "If we didn't have a White House involved, I think there are a bunch of issues we could have — we could come together on."
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Flunked Government 101, I take it
Yeah, its not like he’s president or anything.
Well you see, you politicians: you are almost all feckless crap-weasels. Trump is not. That’s why he was elected.
That’s why we have three branches of government, duh.
This IDIOT has no idea what a profound statement he made!
Maybe this congresscritter should read the constitution and the founding documents. He might find an idea expressed as “separation of powers”.
THREE, “CO-EQUAL”, branches of government.
What village is this guy from? I hear they are looking for him.
Grateful for DJT doing his job!
Congress does not represent me, President Trump does.
As for coming together, I do not EVER want to come together with a Democrat.
“I mean, the head of their party who occupies the White House”
Gee, is he talking about the President of the United States?
Article II is an “inconvenient truth”
"If we had some eggs, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some ham." I saw the "D" in the article, but it would have been an easy guess without the clue. I hope this guy is the relief speaker for when Nancy Pelosi needs to sit down for a minute and catch her breath. He's a treasure.....
Looks to me like a good ad for Trump to play in his 2020 election run.
"If we didn't have a White House involved, I think there are a bunch of issues we could have — we could come together on." |
"Hey Cedric! Kiss my grits!" |
Yeah, dude, and that’s one of the main reasons why folks voted for President Trump.
Why didn’t they do anything under Clinton, Bush, Obama????
They had it all under Obama.
Congress working on amnesty plan #34.
“But, he said, passing legislation “gets complicated” with Trump’s involvement.”
Yeah, like Trump making sure the legislation isn’t just another “papering over” a serious problem.
Correct...Trump keeps the pubbies from caving.
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