Looking back at this week, most significant development in "what the GOP stands for" is probably Romney-Cotton endorsing a minimum wage hike "while ensuring businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants." That's European party of the right energy nbcnews.com/politics/congr…
"Welfare state and higher wages, sure, but not for illegal immigrants" is the territory Rs have carved out post Trump. That's a climb-down from "welfare state, no," the pre-Trump ethos.
Do it yourself, take a look at the arguments and amendments flying at the Democrats' most popular bills. You rarely see one without a GOP effort to make Democrats vote against denying benefits etc to "illegals," which in campaign ads will become "they voted to give illegals" etc.
In the world where Sanders was the nominee, the ad you see a ton of is "he'd raise your taxes to give Medicare to illegal immigrants." (Which would have been true, undocumented immigrants would get coverage under M4A.)
Now, in power, do Republicans and Republican governors try to cut welfare/health programs, add work requirements, etc? Yes, but look at what they emphasize when they're fighting from the corner.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
