I don't think it's possible to overstate how badly House Repubs have sabotaged themselves by refusing to take up the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill AND impeaching Mayorkas, while loudly stating the whole time how they're just doing what Trump is telling them to do. They're telegraphing their own fundamental unseriousness, cravenness, and hypocrisy -- about immigration and good governance in general -- in such a big way that it plays all the way to the balcony.
Every Democrat running for a competitive House seat this year should follow Suozzi's lead by flipping the script about which party is serious about immigration reform (and more humane to boot), and pivoting to abortion and fundamental freedom issues. I believe healthcare also remains a potent issue for voters, as Trump has clearly stated his intent to take another run at Obamacare repeal (still with nary a "replacement" plan in sight), which would drop coverage entirely for tens of millions of Americans and return the rest of us to the bad old days of preexisting condition exclusions and lifetime benefits caps.
Unfortunately, the nincompoops in Congress get more attention, and press coverage, than do those who actually have functioning intellects and an understanding of what democracy is.
And when it comes to Trump, he's the biggest useful idiot in our country's history, a grifter who's being scammed by the extremists he claims to "lead." And the media plays along.
I don't think it's possible to overstate how badly House Repubs have sabotaged themselves by refusing to take up the Senate's bipartisan immigration bill AND impeaching Mayorkas, while loudly stating the whole time how they're just doing what Trump is telling them to do. They're telegraphing their own fundamental unseriousness, cravenness, and hypocrisy -- about immigration and good governance in general -- in such a big way that it plays all the way to the balcony.
Every Democrat running for a competitive House seat this year should follow Suozzi's lead by flipping the script about which party is serious about immigration reform (and more humane to boot), and pivoting to abortion and fundamental freedom issues. I believe healthcare also remains a potent issue for voters, as Trump has clearly stated his intent to take another run at Obamacare repeal (still with nary a "replacement" plan in sight), which would drop coverage entirely for tens of millions of Americans and return the rest of us to the bad old days of preexisting condition exclusions and lifetime benefits caps.
Unfortunately, the nincompoops in Congress get more attention, and press coverage, than do those who actually have functioning intellects and an understanding of what democracy is.
And when it comes to Trump, he's the biggest useful idiot in our country's history, a grifter who's being scammed by the extremists he claims to "lead." And the media plays along.