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Irrelevant. Nope. Very much germane to the situation. Words matter.
And Biden's are all on tape.
He said he would close the border the day he got the authority, but you made clear you didn't believe him.
And neither did literally millions of immigrants.
But it does give you a campaign issue for the foreseeable future. And you made the day of the progressive wing (whom wants to address the immigration issue by addressing the problems in the source countries, not at the border). They hated this bill.
The progressive wing wanted from this bill what they've always wanted - "Comprehensive immigration reform", which is progspeak for a mass amnesty. Not just of Dreamers, but for everybody.
You guys MUST have seen the insufferable yard signs that say "No human being is illegal"? (Seattle is infested with them). Well, that means that you wave a wand and make those folks citizens. That's what progressives want.
Not without congressional action, which will never happen now.
Well now we see who really cares about national security, don't we? The democrats have badly misread the situation.
Perception is everything in politics, and the hiding behind the finer points of the law is going to get you nowhere with the broader electorate other than a very loud FIX IT.
Biden and his team honestly thought they could ignore the border and it wouldn't cost them among their core constituency groups which for him are
1. Suburban white women
2. Blacks
3. Hispanics
Well as it turns out Blacks and Hispanics don't really care for illegal immigration as the polling is showing. So the democrats can get all stampy-foot and declare they'll never work with the Republicans on border security...and they can keep bleeding voters in places they can't afford to lose them.
You won't believe this but I'll say it anyway. If democrats don't get 80%+ of the black vote, they start losing states...
...like Illinois.
