By Derek Hunter
It was as predictable as the sunrise the second the deal" was announced Friday to reopen the government smug liberals took to social media to declare victory. And why not? They won. But what exactly did they win? And is the fight really over?
What Democrats won is a continued unsecured border. Americans will continue to be victims of crimes up to and including being murdered at the hands of people who shouldnt be in the country in the first place congratulations. Those criminals will continue to enjoy the protections of Democratic Party officials until they manage to cross the ever-moving line leftists draw to protect illegal aliens (basically a violent crime) and allow authorities to call ICE. Way to go! Opioid overdoses will continue to skyrocket claiming more American lives every year than died in the entirety of the Vietnam Afghanistan and Iraq Wars combined. Congratulations Democrats.
I dont really see how any of that is worth celebrating but Im not a progressive Democrat." Im more interested in protecting American citizens than I am with illegal aliens or scoring political points with a race-obsessed base.
But I cant really blame Democrats either. Their political agenda comes first everything else takes a backseat. Its what they are. If the 100 million murdered in the name of their philosophy in the 20th century didnt cause any soul searching whats the murder of a college student here or a police officer there going to do? Nothing.
Less than nothing actually. Journalists so infrequently ask any Democrats about these completely avoidable tragedies their actions enable and never press the issue that they have nothing to fear and no reason to care. If they cant hurt their electoral prospects they might as well have never existed.
In the debate over the wall they havent. The victims of illegal alien crime have not been a point of discussion beyond being dismissed by progressives on CNN and MSNBC and in the pages of the New York Times and Washington Post not as specifics but as concepts. They dont exist; the liberal spin is illegal aliens are better than Americans work harder than Americans commit fewer crimes than Americans. Angel families jeopardize that narrative. Since people whove had their identities or property stolen been physically assaulted or been murdered cant really have their stories refuted they have to be ignored. Its disgraceful.
Congressional Republicans are horrible at messaging so left to their own devices a loss was not surprising. But President Trump hes a dealmaker. Hell hes THE dealmaker.
The President drew the line as unambiguously was President Obama did in Syria when he said I cant tell you when the governments going to be open Trump told reporters. I can tell you its not going to be open until we have a wall a fence whatever theyd like to call it. Ill call it whatever they want."
Call it gone.
The President tweeted Friday I wish people would read or listen to my words on the Border Wall. This was in no way a concession. It was taking care of millions of people who were getting badly hurt by the Shutdown with the understanding that in 21 days if no deal is done its off to the races!"
Maybe theres a way to cut a deal but at this point the price would be so high it likely wouldnt be worth it. When the President Trump agreed to reopen government for three weeks because people were hurting he lost all the leverage he had.
People hurting people calling their Members of Congress complaining about that hurt was the leverage. No Democrats were going to negotiate because furloughed government workers were flooding their offices with calls about how theyre enjoying their time off it had to be the pain. I know its not fashionable to say but I have to honest. If in three weeks no deal is cut all the teeth of a shutdown have been extracted.
All that leaves is an emergency declaration which will be enjoined by a liberal judge before ink on the President signature has even left the pen.
I hope Im wrong about this I hope there is a secret sect of Democrats willing to protect Americans against the wishes of their leadership but there is nothing in the last 35 days to indicate there are more of those types of Democrats than there are unicorns roaming the countryside.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but as long as the President thinks tweeting is a good substitute for the pressure a tour with angel families and a series of policy speeches around the country in purple states with possibly getable Democratic Senators and Congressmen its the truth. I dont know who is advising Donald Trump on strategy here but they should be the next group of people deprived of a government paycheck.
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