We Have To Have The Wall To Keep The Dreamers In

[Ricky LIbtardo]

Damn, even the irony of this cluster fuck is ironic, libtardos.

The Democrats are going to shut down the government because they don't want a wall. If they vote to have a wall the Dreamers can stay.

If the House of Representatives passes the continuing resolution, even though some Republicans don't want it for reasons other than DACA, it lands in Smuck Scummer's lap. At that point they have no leverage. If they let enough Democrats vote for the continuing resolution those Senators will be excoriated by other Democrats and Smuck knows he has to defend 10 of those seats in states Trump won. And even if they do shut down the government they still have to agree to the wall to start the government back up.

So if the Republicans allow a DACA fix, they lose all leverage to get a complete immigration overhaul in an election year. If the Democrats shut down the government, Trump hangs that turd around their neck in an election year and they lose all leverage.

Who knew the fucking wall is to keep the Dreamers in.

 

[Ricky LIbtardo]

And here is the cold hard facts why Democrats are desperate. They lose leverage on the budget and face a scary election year where it is possible for a Republican super majority.




Democrats have to defend 26 seats (two of which are held by independents) next November as compared to just eight for Republicans. Of those 26 seats, 10 are in states that Trump carried in 2016 -- including five that he carried by double digits. (The reason Democrats are defending 26 seats instead of 25 is that Sen. Al Franken has promised to resign in the wake of multiple groping allegations and there will now be two Senate seats on the ballot in Minnesota.)
A map like that is a once-in-a-lifetime dream for a party -- particularly when you already hold the majority. That's why, at the start of 2017, chatter was rampant in Republican circles that 60 seats -- and the filibuster-proof majority that goes with it -- was in the realm of possibility for Republicans.

The Senate is now very much in play in 2018 - CNNPolitics