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The Establishments war on Donald Trump Title: Republican Party Uses State of the Union Response to Attack Donald Trum CBS writes: The Republican response to the President Obamas State of the Union address Tuesday evening appears to rebut
some of the policies espoused by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to excerpts released by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin. According to Ryans excerpts, it seems as though Haley will focus particularly on chastising Trumps call for curbing immigration: I am the proud daughter of Indian immigrants who reminded my brothers, my sister and me every day how blessed we were to live in this country
My story is really not much different from millions of other Americans. Immigrants have been coming to our shores for generations to live the dream that is America
Today, we live in a time of threats like few others in recent memory. During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices. We must resist that temptation. No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country. Haleys declaration that no one who is willing to work hard
should ever feel unwelcome in this country articulates the central principle of the open-borders philosophy. In essence, this policy formula means that any willing employer should be able to hire any willing worker regardless of the country in which they reside. Under this theory, there is no limitation whatsoever to the amount of labor that can be imported into the country and, thus, there is no preference given to American citizens for jobs. Republican leaderships decision to rebuke Trumps policy positions may seem surprising given the recent polling data. According to Rasmussen, 65% of conservative voters say the United States should not let in any refugees from the entire Middle East the point of view Republican leadership is presumably attacking with its State of the Union rebuttal. Yet Ryans strategy for the Republican Partys State of the Union response seems consistent with GOP leaderships longstanding practice of demeaning its own voter base. Indeed, this is not the first time the Ryan wing of the Republican Party has sought to rebuke Donald Trumps immigration plan. Donor-class favorites Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Paul Ryan have both essentially suggested that Americans cannot restrict the large numbers of Muslims migrants resettling within America. In a November interview with Sean Hannity, Ryan said curbing Muslim migration is not who we are. Similarly, in a separate interview, Marco Rubio told Hannity, Weve never had a religious test, and I would just say to you that to have a religious test would violate the Constitution. In contrast to Haleys call for continuing large-scale visa issuances, conservative heroine Phyllis Schlafly, who recently expressed her full-hearted support for Trumps presidency, declared that it is time to pause immigration: If we dont stop immigration, this torrent of immigrants coming in, were not going to be America anymore because most of the people coming in have no experience with limited government. They dont know what that is. They look to the government to solve all of their problems, and as soon as we have a high majority of people who think that, its going to be a different country
Indeed, the Senate Immigration Subcommittee issued a chart book today detailing how if visa issuances are not curbed, the U.S. will issue more green cards in the next ten years than the population of Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nikki Haleys state of South Carolina combined effectively nullifying the electoral impact of those states voters. Haley, however, is not the first South Carolina politicians to push immigration policies that would nullify the electoral power of its own constituency. For instance, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), who has pushed for citizenship for illegal aliens, along with Gang of Eight member Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and immigration booster Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), all represent South Carolina voters as well. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 6.
#6. To: cranky (#0)
The predominate attitude of the repubican party is to band together to try to save their position as pretentious parasites and screw-ups.
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