President. We all know it to be true. Exhibit A, yesterday regarding the discussions on DACA, the majority
leader said: ``I'm looking for something that President Trump is going
to support. And he has not yet indicated what measure he is willing to
sign.'' Mitch McConnell said that. He said he still has to ``figure out
what [the President] is for.''
How can you negotiate when the President--who has to sign
legislation--is like a sphinx on this issue or at least says one thing
one day and another the next? The President rescinded DACA 4 or 5 months ago. Had he not rescinded
DACA, we would not be here today. Remember, the vast majority of the
American people--even a narrow majority of Trump supporters--support
keeping the kids here, not sending them home. The President rescinded
DACA 4 or 5 months ago and told Congress to fix it. Yet the majority
leader of his party seems to have no firm idea what policy the
President would support to get that done. At this late hour, that is
astonishing. Exhibit B, the President's Chief of Staff has insisted that Senator
Cotton and Representative Goodlatte be in the room for negotiations on
DACA. I have great respect for each of them as individuals--or the
respect every Senator gives to every other Senator and Member of
Congress, although I so objected to what Senator Cotton did to Senator
Durbin the other day. But having said that, there is no deal that
Senator Cotton or Representative Goodlatte supports that would earn the
support of the majority in either the House or the Senate. If Senator Cotton and Representative Goodlatte, who have opposed DACA
all along and have basically been strongly anti-immigration, have veto
power over an agreement, everyone knows there will not be an agreement. General Kelly must know that. Then, just this morning--exhibit B prime--President Trump rebuked
General Kelly, his own Chief of Staff, on Twitter for saying that he is
fighting for a wall different from the one he campaigned on.
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