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Trump Privately Pressuring GOP Senators To 'Kill' Border Deal To Deny Biden A Win

Source: huff Post

The former president is telling Republicans he "doesn't want Biden to have a victory" in 2024, said a source familiar with the bipartisan negotiations.

By Jennifer Bendery and Igor Bobic
Jan 24, 2024, 07:38 PM EST


WASHINGTON – 
Trump directly reached out to several GOP senators on Wednesday to tell them to reject any deal, said this source, who requested anonymity to speak freely. The GOP presidential frontrunner also personally reached out to some Senate Republicans over the weekend, the source told HuffPost.


“Trump wants them to kill it because he doesn’t want Biden to have a victory,” said the source. “He told them he will fix the border when he is president… He said he only wants the perfect deal.”

Trump’s meddling generated an “emotional” discussion in a closed door meeting between Senate Republicans on Wednesday, as senators vented their frustrations for hours about the largely secret negotiations over emergency aid for Ukraine, Israel and immigration. The conference is splintering into two camps: those who believe Republicans should take the deal, and those who are opposed at any cost.

“The rational Republicans want the deal because they want Ukraine and Israel and an actual border solution,” said the source. “But the others are afraid of Trump, or they’re the chaos caucus who never wants to pass anything.”..................



Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-border-deal-republicans-biden_n_65b18fa0e4b0166fc770ae46

 

 

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Democraps held both Congress and the WH for the first 2 years of Biden's term.   Why is it they are crying now about the GOP not helping them pass shit legislation?  Why did they not just get something done then?   

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12 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Democraps held both Congress and the WH for the first 2 years of Biden's term.   Why is it they are crying now about the GOP not helping them pass shit legislation?  Why did they not just get something done then?   

McConnell said it’s Trump playing fake president with his MAGA loons.

It’s the republicans holding up immigration policy as usual.

Bidens immigration plan he issued on day one over 3 years ago.The Repubs didn’t want it.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-sends-immigration-bill-to-congress-as-part-of-his-commitment-to-modernize-our-immigration-system/

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13 minutes ago, Highmark said:

Democraps held both Congress and the WH for the first 2 years of Biden's term.   Why is it they are crying now about the GOP not helping them pass shit legislation?  Why did they not just get something done then?   

Better check on how the votes work.

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10 minutes ago, Mainecat said:

Peanut butter and jelly.

Massive failure on this admins hands starting at the top and runs down. And now your team wants to push blame onto someone else  SMH

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Herein lies one of the biggest problems in our system.   Putting multiple totally unrelated spending items into one bill. 

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