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THREAD on the “War, Debt, and Open Borders” BILL: The bill is NOT well-intended. It is also not a border security bill. It is, however, a bill designed by Democrats to boost Biden against Trump by helping Dems blame Republicans for open borders… (1/x) #SecureAmericaFirst
…a trap into which some GOP willingly walk in order to fund an insatiable desire for endless wars. The bill BORROWS some $118BB to fund $60BB for Ukraine, in addition to other Foreign Aid (Israel & Taiwan), plus $20BB for alleged “border security…” (2/x) #SecureAmericaFirst
…funding which will ensure MORE border traffic, not less. The border “crisis” is a crisis not of resources or lack of authority, but rather the result of abuse of law by the President - the willing disregard of the text & spirit of laws designed to maintain operational… (3/x)
…control of the border & secure our nation - in favor of using judge-made loopholes & very limited exceptions (asylum & parole) to establish a default of “encounter & release” instead of “encounter & remove”. This is plainly true & requires… (4/x)
…Congress to act to stop it. #HR2 & its leaner, stronger little brother #HR29, were designed by @HouseGOP to close the loopholes & force the executive to follow the law. The Senate “deal” is designed to accept and perpetuate the Democrat scam of mass migration… (5/x)
…by A) accepting instead of zero (#HR29, #HR2, & the spirit of current law) releases… a new default of between 1400 & over 5000 a day… but importantly, both limiting the POTUS’ requirement to act (270, 225, 180 day limits) & making the power effectively optional… (6/x)
… & regardless, a rolling average of 4999 encounters (cartels control) can default some 1.8MM a year with no trigger, B) exempting children (UAC’s) & family units from detention requirements increases likely abuse of children as the “ticket” to entry, & makes worse… (7/x)
…by C) providing lawyers for certain illegal aliens, including kids (a huge magnet), all while D) increasing even more legal immigration to the tune of 250,000 over 5 years & providing immediate work permits to those who get through the process (magnet)… (8/x)
…all while claiming to fix asylum by adopting a supposedly lower but nebulous standard while funding $ billions to Biden / Mayorkas to staff up asylum officers (not judges) to make instant determinations to beat a statutory 180 day detention clock (fast track asylum)… (9/x)
… while continuing, effectively, catch and release b/c the legal loopholes (Flores Settlement) are not fixed, & migrants that “cannot” be detained will be released under supervision of the “Alternatives to Detention Program” while asylum claims are adjudicated… (10/x)
…while continuing the abuse of parole with very limited “reform” (nothing re: Cubans, Haitians, Ven, Nic), in effect, encouraging its use (including through the CBP One App) to allow unabated flow through ports of entry still in the name of a “case by case” basis… (11/x)
…all this while funding the NGO’s facilitating the travel & aided by the anti-America UN (itself still fully funded by you, btw!) an additional $1.4BB to undermine US sovereignty… & adds 10,000 visas under the Afghan Adjustment Act… (12/x)
…and unlike #HR2, which empowered State AG’s, this bills forced all litigation into DC Federal Courts, decidedly less protective of the interests of Texas, e.g., in the 5th Circuit. Oh, and it fails to force completion of the wall… among many other things… (13/x)
…In conclusion, this bill is a partisan “uniparty” war bill masquerading as border security that perpetuates open borders, massive debt, & continued proxy wars... a “shiny object” not worthy of further comment beyond immediate burial in the grave. (14/x) #SecureAmericaFirst

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THREAD: Hypothetical question for @HouseGOP colleagues satisfied with “half a loaf” solutions & needing to “take seriously” the Senate border “deal”… Ok, Let’s say you have a city police & Mayor ignore laws & let homeless camp on your property… (1/5) #NoSenateBorderDeal
…& they prohibit you from stopping it, notwithstanding drug needles, fights, break-ins, assaults, & other safety concerns. You complain & seek enforcement and/or new laws from city council to protect you. City Council says it will pass a new ordinance… (2/5) #NoSenateBorderDeal
…notwithstanding existing laws & common sense… & drafted secretly & without lots of time to review before passing it… that says “well, we will cap the number seeking to come to your property at 20 (instead of the current, but fluid, rate of 40) & we… (3/5) #NoSenateBorderDeal
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THREAD: Someone explain this to me. @HouseGOP is being asked by @SpeakerJohnson to vote FOR this NDAA - a bill that forsakes virtually all reforms passed this summer in the House… all to ADD an extension of abusive FISA spying until April 2025… Let’s take them 1-by-1: (1/8) Image
…1) the @HouseGOP would be voting FOR continuation of the unlawful taxpayer funded abortion tourism policies that @TTuberville fought against in the Senate… & scored against by @FRCAction @CatholicVote @Heritage_Action & others (still hoping for @sbaprolife). (2/8)
…2) the @HouseGOP would be voting FOR continuation of taxpayer funding of transgender surgeries at the Pentagon... all while we see the enormously disastrous consequences of these surgeries on mental health and well-being… (3/8)
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Sep 18, 2023
THREAD re: govt funding. In 12 days, funding expires. The question is what we demand to fund it. My position is we must get substantive wins on - among other things - the border, DOD wokeness, DOJ weaponization, & spending cuts to support funding. #NoSecurityNoFunding (1/5)
On the table is a 30 DAY funding extension at an 8% cut to non-defense, non-veterans federal bureaucracy… something we’ve never been able to do… that would include, importantly an 8% cut to DOJ funding as a first step to stop its abuses… along with border security… (2/5)
…in the form of most of HR2 (The Secure the Border Act) & spending riders to implement it. Recall that this bill resulted from our efforts in the spring to accomplish what we’ve NEVER done (including 2018 with all GOP control)… pass a security-only border bill… (3/5)
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Aug 17, 2023
For the @HouseGOP, there are 45 days to prove to the people the @HouseGOP will fight for Americans &, thus, is worthy of the majority. When govt funding expires on 9/30, we must agree only to fund a government that secures the blessings of liberty... (1/10) #NoSecurityNoFunding
…we must reject decline & address existential crises making hard-working citizens doubt the American dream: inflation & spending, open borders & sex/fentanyl trafficking, unsafe communities & 2-tier weaponized justice, a woke military, CRT/DEI, & a war on reliable energy. (2/10)
1. We must establish fiscal security, a small step toward which would be pre-COVID spending levels for the federal bureaucracy, our original agreed upon total of $1.471 trillion. To stop inflation, we cannot keep spending recklessly to fund a tyrannical bureaucracy. (3/10)
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May 28, 2023
THREAD: Turns out this chart is basically accurate. Will fill it in tomorrow more fully… but to best of our current understanding with NO text… 1) Debt ceiling set til 1/1/2025 - which means unknown debt increase - but $4 Trillion is a good estimate... (1/10)
…2) Debt Ceiling “Deal” totally scraps the $131BB in cuts to return bureaucracy to pre-COVID levels in favor of what appears to be effectively flat spending (down or up a little) - at the bloated 2023 Omnibus spending level, jammed through in a rush in December… (2/10)
3) Debt Ceiling “Deal” abandons work requirements for Medicaid (3/10)
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May 19, 2023
THREAD on #DebtCeiling. The @HouseGOP passed #HR2811 - the Limit, Save, Grow Act - that raises the debt ceiling $1.5 Trillion or until 3/31/24, for sensible, purposeful non-political reforms. Those reforms should NOT be abandoned - because they matter… (1/10)
…Purposeful reform #1: Cut the federal bureaucracy to pre-COVID levels by limiting total discretionary 2024 spending to 2022 levels ($1.471 TR) -which constrains woke bureaucrats to help spur growth & freedom, & re-sets spending to save $131BB now, & 3.5TR over 10 years… (2/10)
…Purposeful reform #2: Cut the so-called “inflation reduction act” tax credit give-aways to rich, white, elites (90%+ corp subsidies go to $1BB+ corps, 80% of EV go to $100K+ people) to save $1.2 TR, keep reliable power, & end increases to the cost of gas/electricity… (3/10)
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