In a political commentary published in the New Orleans Advocate dated 11/14/19 titled, "If congress was serious, it would legislate on migrants." Will says the following and I quote: "If congress had even a faint pulse and an ounce of pride it would take to enact laws that set immigration policy rather than churning out faux laws that give to President's discretion tantamount to lawmaking." And if that sounds familiar, its because you read it here first in PolitiDose long ago and on more than one occasion.
The big difference is Will failed to mention that one party in congress, the republicans, Will's own party, was silent that it has been the President and his own party that has failed to take up immigration reform by legislating ever since Trump took office 33 plus months ago. In fact Mitch McConnell, Trump's leader in the U.S. Senate said he did not know what Trump's policy was on immigration. But that is no excuse for the republican controlled Senate not to act.
Will also failed to note that the democratic part of congress when they controlled the U.S. Senate did pass immigration reform that passed in 2013 that was joined by 14 republicans in a bipartisan vote. That was a good immigration reform bill but the republican controlled U.S. House just let the bill die and never took it up for debate. This writer thinks it is safe to say republicans do not want to legislate immigration reform because they are aware that immigrants favor democratic elected officials. And legislation means more legal immigrants in America. Oh, and by the way, the republican party has controlled the U.S. Senate for almost 5 straight years which means they had the opportunity to introduce immigration reform legislation even during the administration of President Obama and failed to do so.
George Will agrees with past PolitiDose commentary that immigration reform needs to be addressed by congress but can not bring himself to report that the democratic part of congress actually did act with legislation. And one can be certain if the democratic party takes controlled of the U.S. Senate in the 2020 elections and keeps control of the U.S. House, they will once again act with immigration reform legislation. They understand that is the way to address the issue with policy. So stay tuned to PolitiDose, for your daily dose of political commentary.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
Friday, November 15, 2019
How Many People Remember?
When President Trump, Mitch McConnell Republican majority leader in the U.S. Senate and the republicans in congress told the American people after the mass killings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio they would take up gun control legislation when congress returned from their Labor Day break? Well, they returned over two months ago and not a word has been said on the issue from the cowards beholding to the NRA and the gun lobby. Trump and his party even failed to take up the gun control legislation on background checks passed by the democratic controlled U.S. House in February, long before the two above shootings took place.
The democratic party did not wait for the next shooting to occur, they kept their 2018 pledge to act on a matter that has taken too many innocent lives. Trump and his republican cowards have failed to answer the call and just yesterday, two more students were shot and killed in California and two more were wounded. The cowards could have passed the House's bill timely if they were not beholding to the NRA and the gun lobby. The democrats responded with common sense and did not allow the NRA and the gun lobby's money intimidate their responsibility to the public.
This is the same President and republican party who have not taken up, acted on, or passed one piece of immigration legislation in the 33 months they have been in control of the country. All they have is their lies and do nothing rhetoric designed to divide the country and not address the problem. America is experiencing a time of sickness born by a President who is mentally unstable and a party willing to appease the sick behavior un-becoming an American President. And to make matters worse, some republicans are trying to make the American people believe we have to live with this kind of sickness. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
The democratic party did not wait for the next shooting to occur, they kept their 2018 pledge to act on a matter that has taken too many innocent lives. Trump and his republican cowards have failed to answer the call and just yesterday, two more students were shot and killed in California and two more were wounded. The cowards could have passed the House's bill timely if they were not beholding to the NRA and the gun lobby. The democrats responded with common sense and did not allow the NRA and the gun lobby's money intimidate their responsibility to the public.
This is the same President and republican party who have not taken up, acted on, or passed one piece of immigration legislation in the 33 months they have been in control of the country. All they have is their lies and do nothing rhetoric designed to divide the country and not address the problem. America is experiencing a time of sickness born by a President who is mentally unstable and a party willing to appease the sick behavior un-becoming an American President. And to make matters worse, some republicans are trying to make the American people believe we have to live with this kind of sickness. And that really says it all.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
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