The GOP’s post-truth political strategy is about seizing power, not solving problems bit.ly/33DskiV
"The Republican Party is tripping over itself to stay in Donald Trump’s good graces. They have effectively sided with the insurrectionists who stormed the Capitol by taking up the Big Lie as a governing strategy, sacrificing the truth." - @FrankSharry
"The post-truth politics of today’s Republican Party impedes the important and timely work on the real problems we face as a nation." - @FrankSharry
"Instead of focusing on the real threat of white supremacist domestic terrorism, they invented an ‘election integrity crisis’ to justify a coordinated voter suppression campaign." - @FrankSharry
"Instead of working on the challenges facing our economy and bringing our country back from an unprecedented pandemic, they are busy ousting @RepLizCheney from House leadership for her basic understanding of democratic elections." - @FrankSharry
"Instead of working from a premise grounded in reality, Republicans are still operating from Trump’s conspiracy theory playbook." - @FrankSharry
"The exact same dynamic has taken hold in the debate over immigration reform. Republicans have fomented hysteria over an over- hyped ‘border crisis,’ despite the Biden-Harris administration’s progress turning around the mess Trump left behind." - @FrankSharry
"Republicans claim they can’t move forward with fixing our broken immigration system until a 'crisis' they exaggerated is solved. But their perverse approach to government underscores how little they should be trusted to help achieve long overdue breakthroughs." - @FrankSharry
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.@SenAlexPadilla: "The immigrant workers who have sacrificed and worked for us during the pandemic have earned more than platitudes. They have earned citizenship." #ImmigrantsAreEssential#WeAreHome
Today’s essential workers hearing kicks off next stage in immigration debate focused on delivering citizenship for millions bit.ly/2R5sb5r
"Immigrant workers are essential workers and it’s time our country values their work, sacrifices, and contributions by providing a path to citizenship. We cannot continue to simultaneously treat essential workers as both essential and deportable." - @douglasrivlin#WeAreHome
"In his short time in the Senate, @SenAlexPadilla has taken an important leadership role on immigration and as Chair of the Immigration Subcommittee." - @douglasrivlin
Yesterday, the Arizona House of Representatives passed legislation to place a referendum on the 2022 ballot that would make undocumented students eligible for in-state tuition rates at state universities. Arizona is shifting from red to purple to blue. bit.ly/33Gnb9H
"The battle between hope and fear is on display in Arizona."- @FrankSharry
"Young activists are hoping and fighting for a chance to attend college so they can contribute to the dynamism of their home state. Meanwhile, GOP politicians are stirring fear of ‘the other’ in hopes of clinging to power." - @FrankSharry
A few weeks ago, Republicans were talking incessantly about the “Biden border crisis.” So now that the border is getting under control, will they change their tune? Of course not. Here are how thought leaders are sizing up the situation: bit.ly/3o6omZO
"The ‘border crisis’ narrative was always overblown. 25,000 kids fleeing violence in Central America and seeking safety in a nation that describes itself as a beacon of hope is not a crisis." - @FrankSharry
"Stephen Miller and his cronies set up the narrative. The right-wing media ecosystem pumped it up. And the too many in the mainstream media fell for it." - @FrankSharry
Democrats - you have a path to victory on immigration. Use it. bit.ly/3vHyXwA
"Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes, and @JohnCornyn getting to ‘no’ on immigration reform - especially when it counts. Indulging Sen. @JohnCornyn and honoring his timetable is a legislative death sentence." - @FrankSharry
"Americans elected a Democratic President and Democratic majorities in both chambers of Congress to do big things, to tackle challenges left unaddressed for too long, and to effect change that people experience in their daily lives." - @FrankSharry
After months of silence and inaction, Secretary Mayorkas says DHS considering TPS for Haiti, Cameroon, and Mauritania bit.ly/3xKXe6H
"It is well beyond time for the Biden Administration to redesignate Haiti and create new designations for Cameroon and Mauritania for TPS." - @douglasrivlin
"The chorus of Members of Congress, leaders, officials, advocates and TPS holders relentlessly screaming for the Biden administration to take action to protect immigrants and utilize TPS should be taken very seriously." - @douglasrivlin