so is this fake border nonsense the new 'abortion' so they can lead their voters around as the ring in their noses?
this post was submitted on 20 Jan 2024
68 points (97.2% liked)
politics
24875 readers
3213 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Probably not. People care about abortion because it affects them and it's been a hotly debated issue for decades. The border issues mostly don't and so it's not a galvanizing issue. Republicans are just looking for something to rile up their base.
Just looked up Chip Roy’s district, no surprise it’s in the super nice hill country that’s not impacted even close to the amount other places in Texas are. I’d wager any illegal immigrants in his district are employed by his constituents.
Of course. But we're not allowed to talk about who hires them. And if they're not good little slaves, they disappear and magically end up homeless in cities, Mexico, or worse.
Non American here. What the fuck kinda name is Chip?
I'm unaware of a solid answer on this.
It's an old enough nickname that the origins are likely lost to obscurity.
It's been said that it's a shortened version of "chip off the old block" but I find it more likely that it's an evolution of "chib" as it seems to predate the phrase, from what I can tell.
Maybe he's just so incompetent of human being that a potato chip is comparable?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
On Friday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) skewered former President Donald Trump — and members of his own party — for failing to secure the border during his own time in office during an interview on Fox Business.
Trump has been calling Republicans who support a proposed border deal that is being negotiated in the Senate “stupid,” as a source familiar told Rolling Stone, and complaining that approving the package would hand Biden a victory ahead of the two facing off for the 2024 presidency.
Similar sentiment has been expressed in the Senate, where Republican leadership has warned the lower chamber that they’re unlikely to get a better deal on immigration, even if Trump wins in 2024.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) threatened to repeat recent history earlier this week and introduce a motion to vacate against Johnson if he moved forward with Friday’s resolution, on grounds that she opposed providing additional aid to Ukraine and that the package lacked sufficient increased border measures.
On Thursday, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) pushed back on his colleague’s efforts to tank long-coveted, measurable immigration reforms over petty grievances.
If they say they “want meaningful border policy changes, and, for whatever reason they come up with, they don’t want it anymore — that’s gonna be a tough position to stand by,” Crenshaw said.
The original article contains 675 words, the summary contains 218 words. Saved 68%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!