Trump Privately Pressuring GOP Senators To ‘Kill’ Border Deal To Deny Biden A Win ( www.huffpost.com )

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.

Donald Trump on Wednesday privately pressured Senate Republicans to “kill” a bipartisan deal to secure the U.S. border because he doesn’t want President Joe Biden to chalk up a win ahead of the 2024 presidential election, according to a source familiar with the tenuous negotiations on the package.

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.”

eran_morad ,

The republican traitor filth must be crushed.

neptune ,

So if Texas is really being invaded, this is treason? Your move, Abbot.

AllonzeeLV , (edited )

Reagan would be so fucking proud.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980_October_Surprise_theory#:~:text=The%201980%20October%20Surprise%20theory,President%20Jimmy%20Carter%2C%20the%20incumbent
(This is how any hope for the United States as a society and not an exploitation farm died)

tjhart85 ,

I know Repubs don't actually want a functioning government, but JFC, when half the govt actively, publicly and LOUDLY works against it, it's no surprise it's so fucked up.

grabyourmotherskeys ,

What I think we should all be very concerned about is if they erode institutions, regulations, and the rule of law then they really can go ape (literally) enforcing their insecurities. Forcing women to stay in abusive or unwanted marriages, abortion and birth control restrictions, removing reading material, protecting "different" people from violence? It all goes out the window if they get their way.

BigWheelPowerBrakeSlider ,

If? It's already in progress.

grabyourmotherskeys ,

They haven't won yet. Chevron could be the end as we know it but we'll see.

andrew ,
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I think this is a half truth given events in Texas. They don't want a functional government unless they control it and it represents their interests. They being the few party elites.

RegalPotoo ,
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But that's the thing - they already hold an incredible amount of power and influence to control how things are run to protect their interests. Abbot is throwing a fit because the federal government stopped him murdering people he doesn't like. It's not enough to have power to secure their own position, they also want the power to reduce the position of people they see as inferior

Cobrachickenwing ,

No surprise there. Senate Republicans want another delay in a Democrat win to fuck over America. Remember how Iran delayed releasing hostages so Reagan could use it against Carter?

PugJesus ,
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Traitors, all of them.

800XL ,

Hang 'em high

Badeendje , (edited )
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    JustZ ,
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    Trump did it also with tax break for workers that ended during Biden's term as well as the disaster Afghanistan retreat was negotiated by Trump to occur in Biden's first 100 days.

    norbert ,
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    That wasn't even the first time. Nixon tried to sabotage Vietnamese peace talks in 1968 to hurt LBJ. It worked then too, the only thing that matters when you want power is winning.

    eran_morad ,

    The last halfway decent repub was Eisenhower.

    SoylentBlake ,

    And Ike was apolitical. He joined the Republicans because he felt the Democrats were too strong and he wanted levity between the two.

    For fun look up his presidential platform to see how...progressive... Republicans used to be and how far theyve fallen.

    Shit you don't even have to go that far back, Reagan, their neo-liberal god, would be lampooned in today's GOP. He passed gun-control and gave amnesty to those here illegally - both of which we should do again. He also ignored a pandemic resulting in millions of unnecessary deaths, just like our last Republican president, you know the one who stole Reagans motto, Make America Great Again. Yea Reagan did that first, that was his schtick and they both fucking failed HARD at that.

    modifier ,

    AKA Kissinger's job interview.

    ShaggySnacks ,

    Someone should check on Kissinger and make sure they're still dead. Don't want to risk that Kissinger is a lich. While you are at, take a shit on Kissinger grave for us.

    JustZ ,
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    It goes back and back like that. I mean, they shot John in the head in broad daylight.

    gravitas_deficiency ,

    Well, not just America. Remember that part of the border deal crap involves Republicans agreeing to fund military aid to Ukraine. Ukraine is defending themselves from Russia. Putin runs Russia. Trump really likes Putin, far more than any normal person would.

    Trump is a fucking traitor.

    Telorand ,

    Also, there's a non-zero chance we'll get dragged into a war with Russia if Putin attacks a NATO country after Ukraine. Senators know that if we don't fund Ukraine now, it will be much worse for everyone later, and potentially having Trump at the helm during that time would be an unmitigated disaster.

    sin_free_for_00_days ,

    I just can't really see Russia invading a NATO country. I mean, they would be either completely destroyed relatively quickly, or we're talking WW3 and a couple thousand years of rebuilding.

    Telorand ,

    Then again, a dying man has nothing to lose. Who knows if the rumors of him having cancer are true, but he's certainly no spring chicken, at any rate.

    ghostdoggtv ,

    Honestly if Trump gets back into office I'm joining the legion.

    Case ,

    The (French? I think?) foreign legion, or is there another legion out there these days?

    gravitas_deficiency ,

    There are more than a few articles about how people had to sandbag things to stop him from trying to unilaterally withdraw from NATO.

    JustZ ,
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    Maybe if this happens again, with most of the adults purged from the room, next time, if there are any left, one adult will just pull out their revolver and sandbag this up properly for everyone.

    gravitas_deficiency ,

    Don’t tempt me with a good time

    ChonkyOwlbear ,

    We really should start treating such things as the treason it is.

    nkat2112 ,
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    ^^ This comment wins.

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