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Rep. Jackie Speier: Dems Still Willing To Trade DACA For Trump's Wall, We Can Tear It Down...
Real Clear Politics ^ | May 18, 2018 | Tim Hains

Posted on 05/19/2018 8:37:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

In an interview Thursday afternoon with CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Democratic California Rep. Jackie Speier explained the thinking behind an effort from Democrats and a few Republicans in the House to force floor votes on several immigration-related issues, including both DACA and the border wall.

"Will you get those five more Republicans and force a vote on this sensitive issue?" CNN's Blitzer asked.

"I think it really depends on the polling that they're seeing in their districts," Speier said about her Republican colleagues. "I really do think it's self-preservation at this point from any of the Republicans, and that's why you see them willing to join on... So it's time for us to act. That's the biggest problem in Congress right now, is the inability to act on very important issues."

Asked about where she stands on the president's Wall-for-DACA offer, Speier said: "I have said publically before that if what we're doing is build a useless wall for a couple of years that we can then tear down, I'm willing to pay that price to make sure these DACA kids can stay in the country, [but] I'm not willing to put new immigration restrictions that will split up families and the like."

"But if it's just the wall, I would certainly entertain that," Speier added....

(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...


TOPICS: California; Issues; Parties; U.S. Congress
KEYWORDS: borders; dreamers; immigration; trump
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1 posted on 05/19/2018 8:37:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’d say she’s an idiot Democrat, but that’s redundant.


2 posted on 05/19/2018 8:39:46 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sadly, she is smarter than most elected Rats.


3 posted on 05/19/2018 8:41:25 PM PDT by jospehm20
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I have said publically before that if what we're doing is build a useless wall for a couple of years that we can then tear down, I'm willing to pay that price to make sure these DACA kids can stay in the country

Why tear it down if it is useless?

4 posted on 05/19/2018 8:47:17 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

How about a “sell by” for “deferred action” and a start date for the wall. No more pussy footin’ around.


5 posted on 05/19/2018 8:48:29 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Vince Ferrer

And what makes her think we’d let her tear it down once erected?


6 posted on 05/19/2018 8:48:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She won’t have to pull it down.

The Bush GOPe will do it for her.


7 posted on 05/19/2018 8:54:11 PM PDT by Pelham (California, a subsidiary of Mexico, Inc.)
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I really do think it’s self-preservation at this point from any of the Republicans,
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She is right about that.
Betrayal of the citizens will be dealt with harshly.


8 posted on 05/19/2018 8:54:26 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Tearing down taxpayer investments in security. It comes so naturally to Speier. Will she profit on both the construction and demolition?


9 posted on 05/19/2018 8:55:13 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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Families get split up when 'daddy' robs a bank and goes to prison. What's the big deal here? They can get split up or they can all go back to Mexico together.

Shall we close our prison system too so 'families don't get split up'?

10 posted on 05/19/2018 8:57:37 PM PDT by GOPJ ( Sh*tface John Brennan thought taking his CIA oath on the Bible was 'disgusting' - - and refused...)
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Why tear it down if it is useless?

Precisely, my good FRiend.

If it did no good, then why oppose it?

11 posted on 05/19/2018 8:59:09 PM PDT by Seaplaner (Never give in. Never give in. Never...excepto for convictions of honour and good sense. W. Churchill)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wall first, then , remember the promise the dems made President Reagan?
Remember how they lied


12 posted on 05/19/2018 8:59:55 PM PDT by South Dakota (We need a real independent investigation of Bill/Hillary and Obama's actions)
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Still waiting for dems to actually express a platform for Americans.


13 posted on 05/19/2018 9:22:58 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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Why tear it down if it is useless?

It is useless to Democrats because it does not serve their purposes.

They intend to flood the country with socialist leaning immigrants that will eventually vote for Democrats.

A boarder wall does not support this strategy and just may thwart this goal and thus is useless.

14 posted on 05/19/2018 9:58:50 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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Oh, they’ve expressed their platform alright: Impeach Trump, cancel tax cuts, fully fund Planned Parenthood, protect the Deep State, ban Capitalism, implement and double down on Obamacare, ban free thought and freedom of religion, force homosexuality on children.


15 posted on 05/19/2018 10:08:02 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (When the strong man, fully armed, guards his own dwelling, his goods are safe. -Luke 11:21)
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I am sure that will sell well in Peoria.


16 posted on 05/19/2018 10:53:20 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The wall has been approved and is the law. It just hadn’t been funded.

DACA is not the law and is illegal.

Why is this matter up for negotiation?


17 posted on 05/20/2018 12:27:50 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob ("Other People's Money" = The life blood of Liberalism)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I got into an argument once with Sherrod Brown. His argument was lets have amnesty first, then we can talk about how high to build a wall and how many border patrol agents we need. His words. I told him he was full of s**t.


18 posted on 05/20/2018 1:04:20 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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Never negotiate with a liberal. They will never fulfill their side of the negotiated position. They have no problem lying and cheating people to reach their ends.

JoMa


19 posted on 05/20/2018 3:22:00 AM PDT by joma89
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20 posted on 05/20/2018 4:14:06 AM PDT by Bobalu (12 diet Cokes and a fried chicken...)
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