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On the recordSeptember 11, 2024
I watched the debate last night. It was memorable. It was not a good evening for the former President of the United States. I have had more than one person tell me that the people who were watching laughed out loud when he started his rant about immigrants eating dogs and cats. It is an indication, I am afraid, that the former President Donald Trump, when it comes to the issue of immigration, is unhinged. You never know what he is going to say next. But I think that Vice President Kamala Harris made it clear in her explanation that it was within the grasp and power of former President Donald Trump to do something about the border crisis and the immigration crisis and that he not only failed but he designed a strategy to sabotage efforts on a bipartisan basis to do something. Specifically, I can recall--and you can as well--that we were told that there was a bipartisan effort underway to write a border bill. Senator Lankford, a conservative Republican from the State of Oklahoma, joined with Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, a Democrat, to put together, with months of effort, such a bill. We were told hands off. Step away. Let them do this. Let them put something on the floor that is meaningful and is bipartisan and has a chance of passing both the Senate and the House. We were underway, and such a piece of legislation was constructed. But what happened at the last minute?…
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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