Ryan Foils GOP Plot To Force Democrats Into Abolish ICE Vote

[DonViejo]

By Kate Riga | July 17, 2018 9:47 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) foiled a plan brewing in the Republican caucus to force Democrats into taking a vote on a generally unpopular bill to abolish ICE in the hopes that it would rend asunder the progressive and moderate wings of the party, according to a Monday Politico report.

The plan was concocted by House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) last week in the hopes that Democrats would back the bill, handing Republicans a cudgel for the midterms, or split the vote and burn some members with the liberal wing of the party.

However, per Politico, Ryan quashed the idea, worrying that the Democrats would abstain from voting as a bloc, making the Republicans look petty and unserious.

Republicans will instead soon hold a vote on a bill introduced by Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) that expresses support for ICE to try to set themselves apart from Democrats on the agency.

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https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/ryan-foils-gop-plot-to-force-dems-into-abolish-ice-vote

[Freethinker65]

1. Dems can still debate merits of ICE as originally proposed vs. Trump's personal racist police force

They can explain the misuse of resources (taxpayer money and man hours) going after longstanding positive contributing community members and asylum seekers that could be better used against real individuals that mean us harm.

They can expose this new bill as nothing but a partisan time waster when the country is dealing with unstable health markets, arbitrary trade decisions, threats to allies, tampering of elections, infrastructure funding, etc.

Then they can still, as a voting block, abstain from this vote citing it as merely a partisan political stunt manufactured by the GOP to please their dwindling base.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. There's No Way He Thought of That

Much more likely is that he HEARD that is what the Dems were going to do. He didn't surmise anything. He knew that the fuse was already lit.

[Garrett78]

3. "...making the Republicans look petty and unserious."

That ship sailed long ago.

[awesomerwb1]

4. Too bad Scalise didn't retire

he's a piece of....work.

[Wounded Bear]

5. Too bad, I was rather hoping this would blow up in their faces...

[dawg]

6. In other words, our "helpless" Dems ...

outmaneuvered them.

[3catwoman3]

7. They don't just...

...look petty and unserious - they ARE petty and unserious. And incompetent. And dishonest. And mean-spirited. And unpatriotic.