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All Mixed Up

(597 posts)
26. What do you want them to do?
Sun Feb 25, 2024, 08:01 PM
Feb 2024

They've been hammering Republicans EVERY DAY OF EVERY WEEK for WEEKS over their failure to pass the immigration reform bill. Biden mentions it EVERY time he speaks to reporters. It's tweeted out DAILY.

What else do you want them to do?

Literally, the second most recent tweet today by Biden's campaign was his reaction to Trump killing the immigration bill.

They're all over the place screaming about this - but no one cares.

Why? Because Biden had three years, two with a Democratic majority in both chambers, to address the border issue and they never did. You can try to explain the whys and the hows but it doesn't change the fact that from 2021 to 2023, Biden's party controlled both the legislative and executive branch and they didn't move on it.

Now they are. Great.

But it's hard to get that message through when people only think you're doing it as a campaign ploy.

It's why Biden probably has to do an EO and close the border that way - or he has to risk this being an issue the rest of the campaign. But all the messaging in the world won't matter if people don't buy that messaging.

And Clinton and Carville should know. Their messaging in 1994 was so good that they handed the GOP the House and Senate in a massive landslide.

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Yes, all illegal immigrants are evil criminals Johonny Feb 2024 #1
I assume the Georgia Governor takes responsibly for all crimes committed by legal Georgia residents? Freethinker65 Feb 2024 #2
You are right, and that is exactly what needs to be thrown back at the republicans. We should JohnSJ Feb 2024 #4
press is intentionally campaigning for the republicans Submariner Feb 2024 #3
+++ JohnSJ Feb 2024 #5
Thank you for posting this. Have already shared it. Dem2theMax Feb 2024 #18
EXACTLY. More specifically campaigning for their shared corporate oligarchs. ancianita Feb 2024 #36
K&R BootinUp Feb 2024 #6
The press is intentionally campaigning for Republicans. ananda Feb 2024 #7
OK, so how many women were killed by US citizens last year while jogging or walking? patphil Feb 2024 #8
For GOPers, it has NEVER been about solving problems. Just using them to hammer Dems! PTL_Mancuso Feb 2024 #39
We could ask the families Tickle Feb 2024 #40
Believe the mainstream TV news is corporate, so richdj25 Feb 2024 #9
This is the argument being made hueymahl Feb 2024 #10
Blame the republicans for murders in their retrospective states, blame republicans JohnSJ Feb 2024 #12
This guy came in, in 2022. NT Tickle Feb 2024 #41
Trump did this when that girl was shot in SF. LeftInTX Feb 2024 #11
Clinton had the Carville immediate response team. Jakes Progress Feb 2024 #13
Democrats are way too patient. It's a shame the founders didn't give them at least decade-long terms. jaxexpat Feb 2024 #16
What do you want them to do? All Mixed Up Feb 2024 #26
Doesn't work like that. Jakes Progress Feb 2024 #31
Okay. You've got nothing - just complaints. All Mixed Up Feb 2024 #32
So you got nothing but excuses. Jakes Progress Feb 2024 #34
I'm not gonna read all that. All Mixed Up Feb 2024 #42
So I'm wrong, but you don't know about what. Hmm. Jakes Progress Mar 2024 #43
Blaming Republicans for failure to pass the bipartisan immigration bill is a tenuous argument for our side progressoid Feb 2024 #14
For one thing, politics is all about the present. LiberalLovinLug Feb 2024 #17
If politics is all about the present progressoid Feb 2024 #30
Republicans Are Evil Liars and the Media will not help us LymphocyteLover Feb 2024 #15
Guys, you want to listen to some unbiased news? True Blue American Feb 2024 #21
Thanks-- I hadn't heard much about that station LymphocyteLover Feb 2024 #23
Yes True Blue American Feb 2024 #37
I have watched NewsNation, I guarantee Abrams would have highlighted the immigration status Silent Type Feb 2024 #27
Republicans get the white man pass BaronChocula Feb 2024 #19
Governor Kemp blamed Biden! True Blue American Feb 2024 #20
yup, and so are most of the republican deplorables JohnSJ Feb 2024 #25
I heard the suspect was a 'non-citizen resident', which is sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #22
According to the reports I've seen, he is described as an "undocumented" migrant onenote Feb 2024 #24
K&R spanone Feb 2024 #28
They love telling these stories moniss Feb 2024 #29
They also didn't mention that, after Trump was defeated, Mblaze Feb 2024 #33
they care about this death Skittles Feb 2024 #35
Sinclair Broadcast Group owns 284 TV Stations... Mr. Mustard 2023 Feb 2024 #38
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