• MEDIA: Trump activates MAGA caucus to kill Senate border deal, weaken M

    From John D Groenveld@21:1/5 to All on Wed Feb 14 12:23:28 2024
    Via Darren Beattie's Revolver.NEWS, see Axios' Sophia Cai and Stef
    Kight on whether Casey DeSantis tried to persuade Ron to use David
    McIntosh's Club for Growth to buy advertisements on Lachlan Murdoch's FoxNews.COM with the likes of Mike Emmons warning legacy American
    proles that Donald Trump will sign bipartisan comprehensive
    immigration reform legislation passed by the likes of Mike Johnson
    and McConnell so long as the Cheap Labor Lobby authors include the
    magic words: "merit-based": <URL:https://www.axios.com/2024/02/05/trump-maga-senate-border-deal-mcconnell> | Zoom in: The Trump allies are counting on all 31 senators who have
    | already endorsed Trump to come out against the border bill, which
    | also includes billions in foreign aid for Ukraine, Taiwan and
    | Israel.
    |
    | They are hoping senators from states that Trump won handily in
    | the last election like Sen. Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Sen. Shelley
    | Capito Moore (W.V.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) will also oppose the
    | bill.
    |
    | They expect GOP Senate leaders John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and John
    | Cornyn (R-Texas) to break against the bill.
    |
    | That would give cover to other members like Sen. Tim Scott (R-
    | S.C.), a vice presidential contender, and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-
    | Okla.), who comes from the same state as Sen. James Lankford, the
    | Republican who brokered the deal.
    | "This is a very bad bill for his career," Trump said Monday
    | about Lankford. Trump endorsed Lankford in 2022 and said he was
    | "strong on the border."

    Will Trump re-hire Amy Swonger to liaison with Johnson's House.GOV
    and McConnell's Senate.GOV and will the Cheap Labor Lobby allow
    Trump to have a MAGA legislative legacy?
    John
    groenveld@acm.org
    --
    "Trump will be at the center of the 2024 race, whether he's the
    nominee or not. The anti Trump GOP believes that if he simply loses
    the primary, he will disappear and not be a factor. This doesn't
    account for his trial (or trials) being huge news items in 2024 and
    the base still..." - Scott Greer <URL:https://twitter.com/ScottMGreer/status/1645412635591028736>

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