Posted on 06/15/2018 3:32:29 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
The White House said Friday that President Trump supports House legislation that closely tracks his priorities on border security and limiting legal immigration, walking back comments he made on national television rejecting the GOP bill.
The reversal came after hours of confusion on Capitol Hill, where Trump’s words roiled an already fragile internal debate between conservative and moderate House Republicans who have been trying to find an immigration compromise after months of false starts.
“The president fully supports both the Goodlatte bill and the House leadership bill,” White House spokesman Raj Shah said, referring to legislation drafted by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and a separate compromise measure.
Shah said Trump, during his “Fox and Friends” interview, was referring to an effort led by moderate House Republicans to force a series of immigration votes over the objections of the GOP leadership. Another senior White House official said Trump misunderstood the question that was posed to him, which prompted the president to say that he “certainly wouldn’t sign the more moderate one.”
House Republican leaders had teed up action on two immigration measures: a hard-line draft written by Goodlatte and legislation billed as a compromise between the moderate and conservative factions of the GOP conference.
The draft compromise bill released Thursday was written with White House input, including from top Trump immigration adviser Stephen Miller, and closely hews to the “four pillars” the administration set out in a January framework.
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Reporting from the White House is that Either Bill is Okey Dokey.
“$25 billion for the wall.”
Yeah, over thirty years, most likely.
““The president fully supports both the Goodlatte bill AND THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP BILL,” White House spokesman Raj Shah said, referring to legislation drafted by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) AND A SEPARATE COMPROMISE MEASURE.”
The Deals is done. Amnesty = McConnell and top Republicans asking for the end of Mueller. The great Screw is on!
Golly do you guys ever quit extending your grumbling! It’s like you’re on a conveyor belt moving along from one success to another looking for a crack that’s big enough you can slide into and open up your next round of grumbling.
“Golly do you guys ever quit extending your grumbling!”
Yeah, I have this think about Truth, About Promises made, about honor, you folks seem fine with ‘Cult of Personality’.
TyecMidterms are Gone
Amnesty and Daca Amnesty will ensure the Dems flip 5 states in 2020 .
That means 12 million new Dems .
We lose all three branches .
Its over .
Sell us out to Ryan Amnesty will bring Impeachment !
Trump is on his own with this Sell Out .
Promises made
1# Veto of DACA on Day 1
2# The Wall
3# They will have to leave, then some allowed back if they qualify.
4# End of Chain Migration.
5# E-verify
Enough of the cult stuff .
We were just Betrayed .
A Friday night WH News
Dump !
Unbelievable ..
Learn how Trump operates and you’ll save yourself a lot of grief...and I’ll ignore your last remark.
I didn’t grow up hating Mexicans.
But I sure do now.
There will be no immigration bill this year.
“...Such pettiness, bitch.”
As I suspected.
Why, this must certainly be your very first thread.
Mitchy is keeping the Senate for summer to ram thru amnesty for K street.
They own the Gop and apparently Trump too now that he has shown
His true colors .
The 4
pillars looks like lies now.
Ryan bill is pure K street .
Trump said he doesn’t this morning.
On Trump’s Twitter today:
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1007671131841671169
Trump “The Democrats are forcing the breakup of families at the Border with their horrible and cruel legislative agenda. Any Immigration Bill MUST HAVE full funding for the Wall, end Catch & Release, Visa Lottery and Chain, and go to Merit Based Immigration. Go for it! WIN!”
The wall should be a separate bill. This “comprehensive” approach has always been an f - job.
F U I want that wall! The wall will work. ASK the ISRAELIS you loser.
They don’t like separate bills at all. They attack items together that have nothing to do with the other in order to barter with each other so they can go home to say they fought the good fight to their voters.
It’s a scam.
We have a lot of losers around here anymore.
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