Sen. Cruz Praises Orval Faubus

Cruz: I'm proud of our governor. I'm proud of our legislature. We are defending Texas and defending this country… The border deal shouldn’t go well. It’s a terrible dea— pic.twitter.com/E4L2ZWozb0

— Acyn (@Acyn) January 25, 2024

Maybe he can take time away from his podcast and TeeVee appearances to sponsor a plan more to his liking. He is one of only 100 Americans who can do that much.

Wow. The WH and Senate Ds were willing to give Rs the moon and Tim Scott has gone into shifting the blame.

Shouldn’t be surprised from a guy who recently endorsed Trump though https://t.co/Fa2HiwlACF

— Josh Breisblatt (@jbreisblatt) January 25, 2024

Finally figuring this out, eh? And since there’s always a tweet:

🚨NEWS -- Senate Minority @LeaderMcConnell cast fresh doubt on linking Ukraine aid to a border security bill, acknowledging that the politics have been complicated by former President Donald Trump's campaign.

McConnell has been the most staunch advocate for aid to Ukraine and…

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) January 24, 2024

Frauds all. This is all about trying to have the issue for the 2024 elections. This is about Trump. These frauds DO NOT WANT ANY DEAL because THEY DO NOT WANT THE PROBLEM FIXED. They are lying to their own voters about the source of the problem and the solution. pic.twitter.com/GFxm6BFRMk

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 25, 2024

Not obvious enough for you?

It had just been leaked to the press that Johnson and Sen. Lankford reached an agreement on the border deal. About 36 hours later Johnson does this interview. Pay attention to how both of them mentioned getting frantic calls from Trump demanding Johnson tank the deal. https://t.co/Jqbe7wwMaE

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 24, 2024

I really don’t think they can ride the outrage to victory. November is a long way off,  How often can you say the sky is falling, and keep people listening? Besides, Biden has a pretty good counter-narrative:

Trump calls for mass detention camps and rounding up millions of Latinos pic.twitter.com/eNSK3f70T7

— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) January 22, 2024

I mean, if that’s your counter-proposal, it means the border is still wide open, right? And those of us who aren’t MAGAts know the lesson of the Great Wall. 

Maybe we need a policy alternative instead?