Discussion: Republicans Leave Key Meeting Without DACA Deal As Discharge Petition Looms

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The 2018 campaign strategy for the Trump GOP is to run on pure unfiltered racism and nativism. Of course they donā€™t really want any reasonable deal that may discourage their base of deplorables from voting.

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ā€œWeā€™re at the beginning of the family meeting. Family meeting, ā€˜donā€™t anybody say anything other than family meetingā€™ā€¦ā€

That would be the Soprano family.

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Guys, enough with the Mussolini Look Alike Contest. You have work to do.
Mussolini

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So, if I remember correctly, this is the discharge petition that would allow a bunch of bills to reach the floor, including one that wants to throw out DACA kids and build the wall?

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Read what the Rude Pundit has to say about separating children from their parents!
A #MAGA Guide to Understanding Why Separating Children from Their Parents at the Border Is Bad

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Prop 187 worked out really well for the GOP in CA. They basically lost a generation of voters. Now the GOP has fewer registered voters than independents in CA. They really really canā€™t help themselves. They have to keep going back to that poisoned well hoping that this time, just maybe, the water wonā€™t taste like shit.

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ā€œItā€™s just like the last two minutes of a football game"

Because most of the participants have severe brain damage? Or do you mean the heavy corporate sponsorship?

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Fun fact: the actual language of the House Rule governing discharge petitions says ā€œa majority of the total members of the Houseā€¦ā€

Just now, there are six vacancies, so the total is 429. A majority of THAT, is 215.

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Exactly. But the fear among leadership is that the ā€œliberalā€ bill would pass, thus pissing off the base.