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HOW IT HAPPENED
1. Rs say no foreign aid without border security
2. Ds say nope
3. Rs say then no aid
4. Ds cave, cut a deal for tougher border laws with Lankford and McConnell
5. Trump tells them to kill it
6. Rs kill it
7. Rs pass foreign aid without the border security
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Two facts about the Lankford-Murphy-Sinema border bill that Republicans voted down:
—It had none of the legalization or DACA provisions that Democrats had demanded until then.
—It was championed by the border patrol agents' union, which endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
1. Rs say no foreign aid without border security
2. Ds say nope
3. Rs say then no aid
4. Ds cave, cut a deal for tougher border laws with Lankford and McConnell
5. Trump tells them to kill it
6. Rs kill it
7. Rs pass foreign aid without the border security
2/2
Two facts about the Lankford-Murphy-Sinema border bill that Republicans voted down:
—It had none of the legalization or DACA provisions that Democrats had demanded until then.
—It was championed by the border patrol agents' union, which endorsed Trump in 2016 and 2020.
To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196
