Republican lawmakers should “stop wasting their time” trying to pass comprehensive immigration reform and wait until after the upcoming November midterm elections, President Donald Trump wrote on Twitter Friday, suggesting that such legislation will be easier once the “red wave” of Republicans he has predicted is swept into office.
“Republicans should stop wasting their time on Immigration until after we elect more Senators and Congressmen/women in November,” the president wrote online. “Dems are just playing games, have no intention of doing anything to solves this decades old problem. We can pass great legislation after the Red Wave!”
Trump’s legislative suggestion comes as House GOP leaders have struggled in recent days to whip support for a pair of immigration bills, including one authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) that failed to pass on Thursday. The House is expected to vote on leadership-backed “compromise” immigration legislation next week, although its prospects for success are uncertain.
The president had previously cast doubt on the House’s immigration bills, suggesting that those efforts are pointless. “What is the purpose of the House doing good immigration bills when you need 9 votes by Democrats in the Senate, and the Dems are only looking to Obstruct (which they feel is good for them in the Mid-Terms),” Trump wrote on Thursday morning.
Trump also renewed his complaint Friday morning that the GOP’s one-seat majority in the Senate is insufficient for his administration to pass major legislation through Congress, promising to pass “the finest, fairest and most comprehensive immigration bills” if voters elect more Republicans in November’s midterms.
“Even if we get 100% Republican votes in the Senate, we need 10 Democrat votes to get a much needed Immigration Bill – & the Dems are Obstructionists who won’t give votes for political reasons & because they don’t care about Crime coming from Border! So we need to elect more R’s!” the president wrote on Twitter.
“Elect more Republicans in November and we will pass the finest, fairest and most comprehensive Immigration Bills anywhere in the world,” he continued. “Right now we have the dumbest and the worst. Dems are doing nothing but Obstructing. Remember their motto, RESIST! Ours is PRODUCE!”
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