Why Republicans Need to Be More Than 'Concerned' Over Trump's New Border Strategy
President Donald Trump is frustrated that migrants continue to exist. He’s taking it out on his own administration. On Sunday, the president jettisoned Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who has been carrying out his historically aggressive approach to the border, because she refused to break the law. A few days earlier, he rescinded his nomination of Ronald Vitiello for Immigrations and Customs Enforcement director as part of an effort to go in a “tougher direction.” On Monday, the New York Times reported that additional high-ranking Homeland Security officials are likely to be given their walking papers as Trump continues to fumble for ways to seal off the border.
Some Republicans have gone so far as to say they are “concerned,” their default response whenever Trump does something they don’t agree with but won’t take action to stop. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), who last week was brave enough to publicly challenge Trump’s claim that wind turbines cause cancer, told the Washington Post that he is “very, very concerned” that the president appears poised to fire U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Lee Francis Cissna, as well as other DHS officials. “One, those are good public servants,” Grassley said. “Secondly, besides the personal connection I have with them and the qualifications they have, they are the intellectual basis for what the president wants to accomplish in immigration.”
“The president has to have some stability and particularly with the number one issue that he’s made for his campaign, throughout his two and a half years of presidency,” he added. “He’s pulling the rug out from the very people that are trying to help him accomplish his goal.”
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Grassley isn’t the only one who’s worried. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) also dropped the C-word while speaking with the Times. “I am concerned with a growing leadership void within the department tasked with addressing some of the most significant problems facing the nation,” he said.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-new-border-strategy-republican-concern-819960/
Then do something about it twits.
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