Another opportunity is for Democrats to propose substantive legislative solutions to problems. For all the bluster, Trump has zero interest in actually fixing immigration the right way, through legislation. Democrats could pull out the immigration bill that Trump killed, add some improvements to make it more humane, while also acknowledging the reality that the electorate wants a much stricter border.
Highlight the fact that executive orders are not permanent laws and that Democrats recognize the American people want a real solution to the immigration problem. His approach is so haphazard, sloppy, and inhumane that there is room to take this issue from him.
Which goes back to Trump’s stupidity and incompetence, in that he could have gotten a bunch of Democratic votes on a pretty draconian immigration law when he first took office if he had been willing to put in the work. Instead, he has squandered all the political capital he had on the issue when he was elected.
Another opportunity is for Democrats to propose substantive legislative solutions to problems. For all the bluster, Trump has zero interest in actually fixing immigration the right way, through legislation. Democrats could pull out the immigration bill that Trump killed, add some improvements to make it more humane, while also acknowledging the reality that the electorate wants a much stricter border.
Highlight the fact that executive orders are not permanent laws and that Democrats recognize the American people want a real solution to the immigration problem. His approach is so haphazard, sloppy, and inhumane that there is room to take this issue from him.
Which goes back to Trump’s stupidity and incompetence, in that he could have gotten a bunch of Democratic votes on a pretty draconian immigration law when he first took office if he had been willing to put in the work. Instead, he has squandered all the political capital he had on the issue when he was elected.