Exactly how bad is the “bipartisan” legislation, which should be called, ‘the border insecurity in exchange for Ukraine money act’? The bill is so bad, and makes things so much worse, that James Lankford may end up voting against his own legislative creation.
Making matters worse, Mitch McConnell is now pretending the entire fiasco wasn’t his idea, further leaving James Lankford out to dry on his own.
(Politico) – […] Several members of GOP leadership came out against the legislation in the past 24 hours, further boxing in Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The Kentucky Republican, who supports the agreement linking border policy changes with aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, called Monday’s meeting an “interesting discussion.”
Inside the room, McConnell told Republicans that if they didn’t like the direction that the bill is going, they should vote against moving forward this week, according to two people briefed on the meeting who were granted anonymity to speak candidly.
According to two attendees, McConnell did not forcefully whip for or against the bill. He instead discussed the specific policies and politics of the legislation, which is opposed by Speaker Mike Johnson and former President Donald Trump.
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), who struck the deal, even suggested he might vote against moving forward if his colleagues weren’t ready to move.“That’s not voting against the bill,” Lankford said of voting to filibuster the bill from coming to the floor. “So that’s not the final passage. That’s the beginning point.” (read more)
Lankford is a nice man, everybody is saying.
His deposition testimony a while back says otherwise.
Might connect to the “leverage” on him.
Before he became a leading voice for conservative causes on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator James Lankford spent more than a decade as the director of youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a sprawling campground about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City that attracts more than 50,000 campers in grades six through 12 each year.
The Republican lawmaker’s tenure at the camp is a prominent feature of his political profile, noted in the first paragraph of his official Senate biography. That experience is also coming under renewed scrutiny as the Southern Baptist Convention, which is affiliated with the group that owns the camp, faces a reckoning over its handling of sexual abuse cases.
In 2009, while Lankford worked at the camp, the family of a 13-year-old girl sued a 15-year-old boy who was alleged to have had sex with her at the camp. Lankford, who was not in Congress at the time, is not alleged to have had any direct knowledge of the alleged assault, has not been accused of any wrongdoing and was not a defendant in the lawsuit, which was settled for an undisclosed amount before it was scheduled to go to trial.
But in a 2010 deposition in the case, given a week after he was elected to his first term in the U.S. House, Lankford testified that he believed a 13-year-old could consent to sex.
“Yes, I think they can,” Lankford told Kenyatta Bethea, a lawyer for the girl’s family, according a 155-page transcript of the deposition obtained by The Associated Press.
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-oklahoma-city-7c198e08793337f620e26f2cfcbb7c0f
A 13 year old girl can consent to sex?
Well and truly the laws of the Dark Ages.
Any more questions of Lankford’s incentives to promote the kill the Southern Border, enhance more sex trafficking in Ukraine?
13 year old boys, too …
DC is full of demons and broken souls.
A cesspool of devils … where law abiding TAX PAYERS are arrested for walking through THEIR Capitol AFTER being invited in by the Capitol Cops … BUT … an Aide to a TaxDollar paid politician can make a homosexual porn video in a Senate Chamber with ZERO consequences from the Capitol Cops !!!
I suspect that’s more where Lankford’s interests lie.
Hmmm. Is his name on an Epstein list?
Possibly so, but I’m thinking that there’s blackmail involved. Remember what Madison Calthorne has said about the “sex parties” where they get leverage on a congressperson to keep them in line with the agenda.
Make one wonder why so many on the right come into the congress with goodnesses and conservative ideas suddenly become left leaning in their legislative views. Calthorne wasn’t re elected and the “R” party didn’t back him! How many others did Mitch not support? The rinos are setting the stage to lose the House and not retake the Senate to hamper the return of Trump so they can keep him under check and limited to just his pen. And I think that’s what the sleazy Schumer has in mind with this legislation going forward to take the pen out of Trumps hand. It’s so obvious it’s not even funny.
Epstein had underage girls, not boys, as far as I know. Lankford wouldn’t be interested in going to Epstein’s pedo island.
Ok. My first thought when JAW3 posted that people say Lankford is a nice man, was that if he is a nice man, then maybe he is just stupid.
If he thinks a 13-year-old can consent to sex, then I guess I can delete the “maybe” and just say he is a stupid man.
Sounds like the smear on Jim Jordan.
Lankford is not good for conservatives, but why share this inuendo from the other team?
We’re no different than our opponents in how we salivate over juicy nasty smears.
I don’t think it’s meant as a compliment. A “nice man” is a doormat. People walk all over him.
LOL!!
He thinks 13 year olds should have sex with adults.
No, it was a 15 year old boy. Not an adult in my book.
We’re dealing with soulless, backstabbing, treasonous, scum, the last thing we need are “nice” men. We need ruthless, violent, dangerous, men, who fearlessly tell these traitorous wimps like Lankford, “When hell freezes over!” Close the border or not another dime for ANYTHING. EVER. PERIOD.
forgot the sarc/
Unfortunately he represents my state. He’s Mitch’s boy. Our entire state GOP broke with him about a week ago over this amnesty bill. Keeps getting primaried, we’re getting closer.
Is that you in there, Senator Lankford?
(snarc/)
Lankford went to DC and joined the crowd; he found that it was easier to take Turtle’s cash than to fight his system.
I used to think Mr. Lankford was one of the good guys but apparently he was compromised at some point and so came up with this Border Bill.
Have you ever noticed how people say re Jimmy Carter, “well, he was one of the worst Presidents but he is a good man” . . .
being old enough to remember Carter’s Presidency, I don’t see how he can be truly a good man when he was probably the original “Virtue Signaler” when he made his decision about the Panama Canal.
Nice Guys Finish Last
Supporter of the transnational progressive/WEF agenda who disguises it with his religion act and overly feminine mannerisms.
This hot mess seems like a set up.
I am thinking the exact same thing.
Buckwheat: “This hot mess seems like a set up.”
That’s because it most probably is a set-up. It’s just that we haven’t seen the details play out yet.
Yup, the RINOs will create this falsely drummed-up “internal conflict” before they release their “solution” to the gullible masses, which wil, in turn be no better of different than what they started with.
I only pray the number in the’ gullible masses’ category is shrinking by the minute!
The next iteration will still be an abomination, but will be compared to this as a baseline instead of something even mildly palatable.
We need to be the reminder that this current version misses every mark by miles and the attempt to tie border security to free money for nations we absolutely should not fund is treasonous.
Well of course it is.
Simple enough – when the bill tanks, The Powers That (Should Not) Be will blame President Trump and claim he was against border security and therefore responsible for the entire border-jumper invasion.
However, no one except Rachel Maddow will believe them.
That’s the type of “brilliant” setup idea they are reduced to now.
I agree. They have burned through most of their scenarios in their worn out Playbook that they are reduced to this BS. Imagine being stupid enough to think that PDJT is not interested in REAL border restrictions when they were the very ones who did not lift a finger to get the wall built nor to get Mexico to put 28,000 soldiers on the MX/USA border nor to have Remain in Mexico.
Their problem is we know what they’re up to and they now realize we know. That is why Mitch is backtracking. They might even have a plan B already worked out. I don’t trust them one bit!
I don’t trust them either, of course.
I am confident that if they have a plan B, sundance and PDJT will be among the first to figure out what it is and expose it.
We are so lucky to have CTH!
The American People have seen the emerging details of this Bill. This typical ploy for the vermin in DC will fail bigly
As usual I should have read down further before responding. You said it better than I .
I hope no one believes them. I’m concerned about independents and moderate dems and republicans who don’t pay close attention and get their news from mainstream media. These slimeballs are pretty effective at what they do.
Exactly … with McConnell to the rescue … the “worst ever” bill is rejected – so the “almost as worst” bill can be celebrated and approved.
Bingo!
Of course it is. They put out a bill no repub can vote for, then they blame the Repubs for not doing anything about the border.
Jim Jordan gave the answer to them the other day in committee when they try this. ” the Dems had complete control for Obidens first two years, why didn’t they do anything then?”
More smoke and mirrors from the “elected” grifters.
It is. They’ve already said it. McConnell and Schumer came up with yet another scam to blame Trump, in collusion with the usual uni party scum. They (and Lankford) designed a bill they know won’t pass, then they scream from the rooftops a million times a day, “Trump opposes fixing border”. Everyone knows they have no intention of closing or slowing the border influx, which is why their maneuvers look so preposterous at a glance.
Thing is, it’s being done so clumsily, everyone knows it’s a lie. I’m still in disbelief they actually believe they can push these lies on us so brazenly. These people are liars at hello.
This bill is Mitch’s idea, and the people in Kentucky should remember this. Lankford was talked into doing Mitch’s dirty work to get it passed. Lankford has been censured in his home state and ridiculed every place else in Washington. I’m hoping that the next time Mitch wants to hide behind someone, that the answer is No or the price goes way, way up.
I believe Lankford’s political career is over.
He’s not up for re-election until 2028. The average voter sadly has the memory of a flea.
How do we set up a system to ID and keep track of all the Congressional traitors and to remind voters when re-election comes around? Let’s Bud Light the Congressional Anti-America Club.
Here in Michigan we have a grassroots group that keeps track of every congressman and senator votes on every bill and gives them a scorecard. It’s called Rescue Michigan and you can sign up for emails. Other than that awesome work they are doing, the creator Adam DiAngeli is a rabid anti Trumper so spare yourself his podcast.
Every voter should consult resources like the one you mentioned, but I think most don’t. They’re too busy doing stupid stuff and then when they vote they just choose the names they heard the most in TV ads.
Thankfully, there are enough patriots that are able to remind people in OK of what a scumbag they have in Lankford. The people who live in KY know that Mitch is a weasel but the uniparty always puts up a horrible democrat candidate against Mitch leaving them with little to no choices.
We need to change the rules to allow recall of senators unless or until the 17th Amendment is rescinded.
The 17th Amendment does not expressly forbid recall.
I hope McConnell’s is too. Get the idiot out of congress. His dementia is as bad as the potted plant.
KY greed over what the ranking member can get them will override taking out this piece of treasonous garbage.
The next time Governor Abbott ships a load of invaders to some sanctuary area perhaps he can be persuaded to send a contingent to Frankfort.
I firmly believe Mitch has entered the Biden stage of brain dead. He needs to retire ASAP.
Mitch is like Longshanks in an old movie. Withered now in some dank castle getting revenge and full of hate before his own body eats him alive. Not my leader and definately prolly has Langford as a fall guy using him with some sort of
dirty secrets. Both of them are a disgrace and need to be immediately removed before they sabotage this country further. Ditch Mitch NOW.
China is well and truly pleased with their man Mitch.
The people of Kentucky wanted to boot Mitch in his last election but we were told to vote for Mitch because we needed the numbers and did not want to give up the seat to the Dem Grimes. I would be okay with losing the seat for one cycle if it means we get rid of Mitch the Bitch. So we can bitch about Mitch all we want but everyone outside of this state kept telling Kentuckians to hold their nose and vote for Mitch to keep the seat.
Kentucky voters should have primaried Mitch and then voted for whichever GOP candidate won the nomination. That would have accomplished both goals, ditching Mitch and keeping the seat. There were 6 people running against him in the primary.
Yes!! Mitch needs to be gotten rid of in the primary.
Agreed but remember Mitch played the game and Trump endorsed him so voters voted accordingly.
Ugh! You’re right! I forgot about that. (sigh) I apologize to the people of Kentucky for blaming you for Mitch. You were just following Trump’s lead. I hope Trump doesn’t endorse him again in 2026. I hope Mitch retires.
Its called “the splitter strategy” and Sundance first wrote about it years ago.
I believe itsin the archives, AS “the splitter strategy”.
Voters generally start thinking about an election ,…MAYBE 3-6 months before….politicians, party officials, political consultants, etc. its their CAREER.
They think about it 24/7/365, and plan 4-8 YEARS AHEAD. And their common goal and view of elections is that their job is to detirmine the outcomes, NOT the voters.
Its THEIR game, and WE are interlopers, they percieve primarying as a threat, and so they have developed layers of defence.
Primary Lankford and McConnell.
McConnell isn’t up for re-election until 2026. I hope he retires.
Retires or Expires – one in the same.
Maybe just has more brain freezes and realizes that he should find something more relaxing to do in his remaining years. I’m afraid he’s going to be like Ruth Ginsburg.
Your focusing your attention in the wrong place, and so won’t achieve anything.
Instead of focusing on the Turtle on the fencepost, focus on the sumbitch that PUT him there; the State R Party Executive Committee insured that County Recorders would be in place, to count the ballots, in order to keep Mitch in office.
The State R Party Executive Committee are ELECTED, at the State Convention, every two years (IIRC, its been awhile).
If you want to change your States Elected Public representation, first you need to change your elected PARTY representation.
And, don’t make the mistake of focusing on the State Chair, they are like the CEO that is hamstrung by the Board of Directors, and THATS what the State Party Executive Committee is.
They make the rulrs, change the rules, are ALL (in all 57 States!) anti-Trump, and pro-Ronna and the RNC.
In my opinion this is just one piece of the strategy to throw the Senate and House to the democrats just like the Uniparty did in 2018. It’s an insurance policy to once again tie President Trump’s hands if he’s re-elected.
I firmly believe that also. It’s all preplanned!
Trump had both the House and the Senate in 2017. Yet they did next to nothing to support him. His hands were tied by the GOPe. The Uniparty will tie Trump’s hands, regardless of what color the banner is.
Yes! They had to “flip” the House to the Dems in midterms, because all Impeachments must initiate in the House, and they assumed the 2+ years of unrelenting negative press would make it possible for Senate Repubs to threaten to vote to convict, SO THAT he would resign, just like they did with Nixon.
But, since that didn’t work, this time they intend to have a D House AND Senate, and initiate Impeachment, soon after Inaugeration.
More than anything else, this entire episode is vivid proof that the Alternative Media has finally come of age, and is now winning the bigger battle. The battle for hearts and minds.
The gigantic Corporate-State Media apparatus failed. Again. No one is listening to them anymore. Enough people are now awakened that the pressure on the Cabal forced their retreat. They are not used to this outcome.
And this is the SECOND recent victory against them and their MSM. Texas finally ignoring DC and securing its border was only last week.
Everyday people are increasingly turning to the 10,000 citizen and Internet reporters to get their information. And not to their TV sets and the government’s corporate propagandists.
We are winning. Slowly but surely.
hope your not refering to FOX the RNC propaganda RINO machine.
People don’t care what Rupert from Australia has to say anymore. The core viewer demographic age for FNC has progressed to ‘deceased’.
The only thing keeping the cable news brainwashing networks running now are forced carriage fees.
That needs to be one of the first things that the next PDJT Administration must end. Forced carriage fees.
Let the marketplace silence them.
This has been talked about for quite a few years now. I agree with you, my cable bill sends money to all of the stations that I don’t/won’t watch. We should only pay for the channels that we want to watch! I don’t have any need to support a station that only survives on the carriage fees. Let them support themselves with honest reporting and journalism. Without the fees they would ALL collapse.
As bad as FOX and the RNC have been they’re not as bad as all of the others. FOX is more subtle but still in the take for the left and not to be trusted.
An enemy that feigns to be a friendly is worse that the enemy that proudly announces they are an enemy.
Agree, media today is much more decentralized than even 2020. The DNC Media is being reduced more and more to their own groupthink echo chamber. The horrid DNC media lying during the pandemic accelerated the media decentralization IMO. And Young people do not get much of their news from TV anymore. Anyone can fact check the DNC Media’s BS and gaslighting almost instantly and there are more alternative paths to report the Truth today than ever before.
Wow, I so hope you are right. I’m afraid that the “collapse” of this bill is the first move of a series that will take us to somewhere worse than we are now.
But you could be right. “They” could be exactly this dull when the msm cloak is removed.
Don’t expect them to just quit. A cornered animal fights viciously. They will fight viciously to the end. Hopefully, theirs.
Just keep living the best life you can, and encourage all those around you to do the same. Most will awaken from their slumber. Many have already.
The evil ones cannot overcome that. Just ask the Poles from the 1980s.
It wasn’t his idea (Mitch).
He is taking orders from on high, through intermediaries.
Ukaine hasn’t been resolved yet.
Resolved in the sense of being changed into something else.
Hey! Sign my pos! Wait! My pos stinks! Someone throw away this pos!!
(R)s are falling right into the (D)s and Turtle’s trap. Setup Lankford as a pawn. If it had passed, poll#s better + Obiden touts bi-partisan legislative win (that continues to flood US w/ unregistered (D)s). It fails, blame Trump and House (R)s. Brilliant.
I think Johnson gets some credit for not bringing to the floor where RINO’s like Dan Crenshaw and Ken Buck would vote for it. I think McCarthy would have let it get passed
I give Johnson a lot of credit for very publicly stating right after the bill text was published that it was “DOA” in the House. Can’t send any stronger message than that.
And to the people who keep claiming the GOP is no better than the Democrats, you know if the Dems had control of the House this bill would have passed there and then been sent to Biden to sign. This is why we cannot let the Democrats have majorities. They really are worse.
The spines are few and are rarely dependable. It’s all calculated.
Not based on the subject/bill/topic/etc of the objection, but the outcome of the objection.
What’s in it for me is the larger question for them that dictates their next move.
He’s just playing the role they designed for him. He gets to look like the good guy to the base. They got what they wanted-Biden campaign can now say that he tried to seal the border but GOP shot it down. Traitors.
That these world class asshats could even conceive that this monstrosity might even gain traction, much less pass, just shows how clueless they are about the real world out here on Main Street.
Watch the following expose’ video or remain ignorant about what is actually going on. It explains why “Republicans” have done nothing about this for 3 years and explains the reasons for the defects in the bill that this CTH column is about.
BEHIND THE BORDER CRISIS WITH MICHAEL YON (1:10:34)
The HighWire with Del Bigtree
3 Feb 2024
Former Green Beret and Combat Correspondent, Michael Yon, breaks down ***the US-funded journey*** of illegal immigrants he has been documenting all the way down to the Darien Gap in Columbia (by actually visiting locations along the invasion path – W).
https://rumble.com/v4azl3o-behind-the-border-crisis-with-michael-yon.html
BTW, once you watch that you will realize that this “bipartisan UniParty” ENGINEERED INVASION is another of the reasons that they simply HAD to make sure Trump wasn’t reelected in 2020. THIS is now their window of opportunity to pull it off.
Just in case you’d think there’d be no reason why the “Republican” half of the UniParty would be FOR a mass invasion:
All New US Jobs Since The Covid Crash Have Gone To Foreign-Born Workers
JUN 02, 2023
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/all-new-us-jobs-covid-crash-have-gone-foreign-born-workers
This means that all the new job creation since the covid crash has gone to foreign workers, with native-born workers stagnating and still unable to break above pre-covid highs, even though if one merely extends the pre-covid trendline, native-born workers should have long ago surpassed their 2019 highs. Said otherwise, millions of native jobs have quietly gone to (lower paid) foreigners.
Source – Federal Reserve FRED:
And beyond the cheap labor angle, you can be sure that the Democrat-Lite “Republican” half of the UniParty will simply and easily adapt to voter demographic changes while maintaining their hot-button issues (guns and abortion) that bring their faithful to the polls.
Just as a local anecdote: my closest Papa Murphy’s Take’N’Bake Pizza restaurant in this wealthiest part of town had high school and college aged kids working in it for its entire, long existence, even through the pandemic. Now, it’s exclusively been heavily accented foreigners working there, one from I don’t recall where being very friendly, the other, from Pakistan I believe, being not friendly at all.
The restaurant doesn’t pay enough to attract natives, I suspect.
Just remembered – the friendly guy is from India.
Tell the owners of that restaurant you don’t want foreigners who can’t speak English and are not friendly waiting on you and you will take your business somewhere else.
I wonder why Sundance has not covered some of these topics?
Always try the search bar – this was more than a year and a half ago:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/07/06/steve-bannon-interviews-michael-yon-from-the-netherlands-as-protesting-dutch-farmers-surround-police-station-demanding-release-of-farm-teen-who-was-shot-at-by-police/
Sundance misses nothing. He’s familiar with Michael Yon.
And for those who don’t watch that video, here’s a comment from someone who did when I previously posted it:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/03/february-3rd-2024-presidential-politics-resistance-day-1110/comment-page-2/#comment-10554634
with the previous post of the video getting 41 thumbs up:
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/02/03/february-3rd-2024-presidential-politics-resistance-day-1110/comment-page-2/#comment-10554493
Finally, this reality cartoon:
No loyalty among thieves. Lankford should’ve know that. Useful idiot. And for what…? Tsk, tsk, tsk
Jumpin jujubees….It’s Brandon Judd who is supporting this bill and wants quick approval. Best bill in years and solves the main problems………… Now that is a decepticon after all his FOX news appearances to turn on the country like this shows he’s really stupid or has joined the traitor wing. I don’t believe the rank and file agree with Judd or the American people. Who got to this guy. It’s stunning a BP guy is supporting this anti American monster bill. He needs immediate removal vote of no confidence. Typical he is a FOX favorite. Backstabber Brandon what a clown. Don’t stain the rank and file like the FBI does.
Langford is far from being a nice man, He has been for Amnesty for a long time now and he also went to bat for Obama and his crap with the dreamers and McConnell will go along with anyone who is against President Trump and He will load everything up with pork for his chinese people He is just another person who want t o make a name for himself and
he will vote for amnesty any time there might be a chance to bring those people in with no problems .
Crap Weasles got caught and have painted themselves into a corner.
WOLVERINES!!
Dumb and… Dumber?
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Looks like P–o.
Can a 13 year old girl can consent to sex? Yes, but it’s not informed, and not therefore valid. Lankford should have considered the question to be ‘can my 13 year old daughter consent to sex?’. The answer to that question would be much more informative.
PS – reconsidering your own legislation is a tradition we should applaud in Congress. We must admit, at least, our mistakes.
In most states, it is long established law.
It is statutory rape. Regardless of who it is.
From the article:
“Under additional questioning about whether he would allow his two daughters to consent to sex at the age of 13, Lankford gave a more expansive answer.”
“No, I would not encourage that at all,” he said. “Could she make that choice? I hope she would not, but I would not encourage that in any way with my own daughter.”
https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-sexual-abuse-by-clergy-oklahoma-city-7c198e08793337f620e26f2cfcbb7c0f
What a weak-kneed response. What father in his right mind WOULD encourage his daughter to have sex at age 13? Disgusting answer. GETTEMOUTTAHERE
Our #1 export is death and destruction Weapons for profit.. Stop the wars stop the $$$ flow…to Congress in the payola scheme…
We the People are speaking up!
And maybe this time they’re listening!
It’s definitely possible that this was a made-to-fail bill from the start, to make the GOP look bad. But if they wanted to do that they didn’t need to include the GOP.
I actually think it was intended to be an offensive (as in offense vs defense) win for the Dems, Schumer put together this crack “bipartisan” (tri, maybe) team of a Republican, a Democrat, and the dumbest Independent in political history to come up with something that was made to sound tough yet compassionate, and Biden would of course ceremoniously sign it and it would prop him up right before the election. Apparently Schumer didn’t think we’d actually read the details or become so laser-focused on 5000 (or 8500) and go viral with the ludicrous limit.
That reminds me, I saw a PolitiFact fact-checking article that claims the bill does not say 5000 illegals would be allowed to enter every day. But it actually does. Mayorkas isn’t mandated to take action until the number of illegals is > 5000. And if you read it carefully you see that 20,000 could enter in a single day.
Bills need to be no more then 200 pages and be about one problem. It is time to stop this circus in DC.
Yes, we already know the bills are a thousand pages long, purposely done so that nobody reads them.
200? How about 5?
There are likely a few “different” and “non-aligned” forces at work as this unfolds.
Of course there is the usual, standard … the $112 Billion Bill growing to $120 Billion while more pork is piled on to buy more Uni-Party support. Meanwhile the media, as it did last night in Texas, screams out the Republicans betrayed everybody in that the GOP does not really want border security but cheap labor … all while leaving out the minor detail that Border Security was but a small fraction of the $112 Billion … with headline believing la la landers doing the bobble head in agreement.
…or….
The other possibility is that there was a “non-aligned” force applied which was heeded by the more poll sensitive members of congress, who like cushy offices and having pretty interns as well as staff members catering to their whims. These members of congress may not be the most saintly of souls but they did see and feel the backlash from actual Independent la la landers who no longer can ignore what congress is doing … and who’s voices were seen moving to join with the MAGA. I had open discussions with several admitted “Republican and Independent” la la landers at the gym who gave me this feeling.
My take on this .. everyone found out what is in the bill. Then John Q. Public found out what is in the bill = bill’s failure. Just a glance at it. Sixty billion for Ukraine. twenty billion for border security. A very bad border policy which gives Biden veto power to stop the whole process. So in short a ton of money for Ukraine, not enough money for our own border security. Coupled with a cumbersome administrative policy with no border security guaranteed. But more power given to Biden absolute. A train wreck not unexpected from the Senates nest of Decepticons.
Lankford =’s the Christian NGO’s bringing the illegals in.
The law firm of McTurtle & Schumer has gotten away with so many last-minute bills for so long that they thought they could do it again. It’s time to boot McTurtle.
May be best to consider where Lankford hails from. Look at the laws in that state relative to sexual contact and incest. This then gives a better insight as to why a man would say a 13 yr old could consent to sex. And the reason why illegals and middle easterners are flocking there. Oklahoma has what is called a Romeo and Juliet Law. Which means over 14 but under 18 can have consensual sex and has been used to defend rape charges. A minor and AdultMarital Exception: Oklahoma allows for consensual sex between a minor and an adult when they are married. Messed up!!
Just like Islam
All those who need cover (Lankford ect.) will vote no for the campaign soundbite. The total will never get to the forty needed so they might as well all voted unanimously FOR it. I am appalled that the rank and file is actually gloating, you may as well be kneeling on that Senate desk after hours.
They’re feeling the heat of the phone calls!!!
The most impressive thing about this horrible bit of legislative theater is who inspired much of it. As I recall it was the Bodacious Barbie Bartender AOC that first proposed the most “liberal” of solutions to the illegal immigration problem. Her solution was to end illegal immigration by redefining illegal aliens to not be illegal. Seems like that is exactly what this legislation was proposing. “So the way it works, see, is that, like, for the five hundred and fifty thousand of, like, those that cross the border illegally we’re going to, like, wave our magic wands and sprinkle the fairy dust and just believe and feel that, like, those people are no longer, like, in my country, like, illegally. Oh, and wow, did I mention that I found, like, this thing on the wall, like, inside my door and, you know, like, I pushed it, and wow, you know, like, magic I could see all the way inside my room, and wow, there is a wall on the other side that, like, by magic keeps everything I want kept out, like, outside.”
If it were not for the opposition of the bill……..the traitors would be pushing it forward! Langford and Schumer who came up with are one of a kind! Nobody that is really MAGA would jave put this idiotic bill together, work with a the leader of the demonrats and then try to get it passed! THEY don’t need new bills or legislation! They can shut the border now if they really wanted to. This is nothing a disguise to cover up the real motive……mote fricking money for Ukraine! Whatb is it that Ukraine holds for these rats….that they will even use border security to get more money for Ukraine. It would seem to me….the Ukraine is much more important to them….than America. Billable, money laundering, blackmailing and secret bunkers? More to see here than they want us to know for sure! That swamp is one fricking ugly evil place and it gets worse by the day!
I heard a man call in to Alex Jones’ show yesterday saying he was told by a Chinese man to leave the road where he was people coming across the border into the US at Lukeville, IIRC.
Like watching an old show that never ends. A few uniparty RINOS dropped some legislation that benefits the lefts agenda and is guarantied to make the rest of the R’s look stupid to their base. Is anyone honestly surprised? If so, you shouldn’t be.. they always do this. Ya it’s obviously a ploy to try and sway voters and cause infighting on the right, this is nothing new. This is the exact same old way they’ve always played their games. The media blasts this far and wide and these kleptocrats kick it back and forth in that media cycle for a while. The bigger issue is that we still have a rather large RINO problem that we need to work towards fixing next election.. In the end, if the dems want something even as a minority. They always find RINOs that will put it in place, then they have more than enough other RINOS who will join in with them when votes are called. While I’ll admit this show doesn’t always work out in their favor.. It does run on repeat.
This seems like a negotiation tactic. Ask for everything, then negotiate the details. They need money for war. And they will get it.
Soooo…….
I keep seeing comments that we should repeal the 17th Amendment…….
That we should have a Constitutional Convention…….
Thing is, those will not work, least not as we would want them to…….
What, pray tell, is the solution?
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One such solution…….could be that their salaries are excised and abolished…….that is, no pay for their jobs in the government
If they then receive funds, material possessions, stocks, bonds, favors, of ANY (all those already listed and any not listed) sort, well then, that would be illegal gain. Punishable by incarceration of no less than 25 years to life and/or execution (for treason) and forfeiture of all funds, possessions, gains, dividends, holdings, properties, and loss of citizenship as they are enemies of the Constitution.
Just my idea.
Hebrew Aid Society congratulates Board Member Alejandro Mayorkas on being named by President-Elect Joe Biden to be the new secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mayorkas would be the first Latino to head the department that implements and manages U.S. immigration policies.
IS this not a conflict of interest for a law enforcement leadership position? His job is allegedly to enforce the laws as written, not make it up as he goes.
Jewish Organizations Unite Against Dangerous Conspiracies | HIAS
I stopped commenting for quite a while cause I’m old and want nice days from here on out as time is short. This bill and the GOP decepticons really riled me up. I am gonna stop again hopefully people will come to their senses. Seeing Brandon Judd shill for the Democrats and lend his support to this bill in the name of the border patrol just baffles my mind. Hopefully the BP are not involved in this trap along with the RINOS and Mitch. Praying is better for me so adios for a while.
Want to see a hot mess? A stinking pile of you know what?
Look at the GOPe, the pile of GOPe.
God, please give us another viable political party, PLEASE!
“Money laundering” and “human trafficking” are the only two things that interest these people. And for only one reason: M-O-N-E-Y.
The human costs mean nothing to sociopaths. And, no matter how much money they accumulate, it is never enough. Pathetic…
Before Biden leaves office, his handlers will get him to sign amnesty for all illegals in the country.
This would prevent Trump from deporting them for illegally entering the country.
I don’t know the legal and constitutional ramifications of such an act and whether it would work or not.
I do know that the President has the legal power to do it and his handlers care little for the chaos such an act would create in the country.
Congressional ‘leaders” under handed schemes of yesterday to sellout America won’t work anymore, as 2,000 lbs of eggs just hit him in the face.
Mitch McConnell Urges GOP Senators to Block Border Bill, Citing “Political Mood in the Country Has Changed”
…Speaker Johnson defended his claim that he was excluded by Lankford and McConnell during the border deal.
“When the effort first began when the Senate was going to work on their compromise bill, I went in and met with Mitch McConnell, and he and his office and he talked about how they were going to begin this process,” he said, per CNN reporter Haley Talbot.
“And I said, ‘Well, it might be a good idea for the House to be involved.’ And they said, ‘No, no, no, the Senate is going to work on this and we’ll put together something that’s palatable for the House.’”…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/shocker-mitch-mcconnell-urges-gop-senators-block-border/
These people are buffoons – GETTEMOUTTAHERE.
Rinos McConnell and Lankford will spin this as the conservatives killing the border solution.
New Level of Beyond a Hot Mess Reached – BREAKING: Appeals Court Stacked with Biden Judges Denies Trump Immunity in Jack Smith’s DC Case
In 234 years of American history, no president ever faced criminal prosecution for his official acts. Until 19 days ago, no court had ever addressed whether immunity from such prosecution exists,” Trump’s lawyers wrote in last month’s filing, according to CBS News. “To this day, no appellate court has addressed it. The question stands among the most complex, intricate, and momentous issues that this Court will be called on to decide.”
On January 9 a three-judge panel heard oral arguments and appeared skeptical of Trump’s immunity claims – one judge, a Biden appointee, asked attorney John Sauer if Trump would be subject to criminal prosecution if he ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate his political rivals.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/02/breaking-appeals-court-denies-trump-immunity-jack-smiths/
why cant we get the names of those who write the legal wording of the bill? none of these critters spend the time or have the depth to write this. plus, its so big that it must have been written long ago.
https://www.lee.senate.gov/2024/2/senator-lee-releases-dirty-dozen-disasters-in-so-called-border-deal
Why is anyone even bothering with this Great Pretending on steroids?
Either the evil DC Crime Syndicate is allowed to continue its reign, or it isn’t. The details therein are meaningless.
I still have trouble accepting they would try and do this to us, given American’s seething disgust with Congress. They just don’t effing care. They keep right on coming up with hundreds of pages of bills designed to keep on raping us, then claiming it’s consensual. Their evil is just so in our face these days. And half of them are being blackmailed as pedophiles or worse.
These men can rot in hell for what they tried, again, for the hundredth time, to do to us, using our money to do it.
This would have been the death-blow to an American Gulliver currently tied-down by tens of thousands of Marxist Lilliputians lead by Team Obama et al. Trump seems ascendant and destined to be on the 2024 ballot, with levels of approval that may crush even the most ardent demokrat cheating techniques. Smelling this through revelations in the non-traditional media sources practicing actual journalism, the right wing of the uniparty is rushing to the exits proclaiming disbelief on how such a disastrous piece of crap ever got written. Kudos to Rubio, Paul, Cruz and the others who helped bring this to, light, and shame, utter shame to Lankford and Mitch McConnell for betrayal beyond words.