“...which prompted the president to say that he “certainly wouldn’t sign the more moderate one.”
There was no confusion on Trump’s part this morning. Is the White House spokesman speaking for Trump? I know that there are some people working in the White House who think they know best.
Any amnesty will lose him Congress and next year hello impeachment.
Surely he cannot be that out of tune all of a sudden. There is no quicker way for him to end his presidency than that version of “read my lips, no new taxes” moment.
Only the clueless is not aware that DACA is the price paid for the other features. I told everyone that this would be the case a year ago. So Trump is not letting anyone with at least half a brain down.
Nor do we know if any Democrats will vote for this bill since most of it would be a bitter pill for them to swallow.
For once the Republicans are playing hardball and have the Rats in a box. If they sign on the Left will excoriate them for giving away the store. If they prevent its passage then Trump can say “The Republicans and I tried to do something about DACA but you stopped it.”