And yet somehow, in a cruel twist, the most disadvantaged children in the hemisphere have become victimized a second time, caught up in the farce that is modern Republican politics. Make no mistake, one party is overwhelmingly culpable in exploiting, rather than trying to rectify, the crisis at the border involving unaccompanied minors like Marcos – a crisis that, as of the August congressional recess, not only remains unresolved but also seems to have definitively ended any chances for a broader immigration-reform bill, at least until after the midterm elections. In perhaps its most stunning defeat yet, the House Republican establishment wound up fully capitulating to the troglodyte wing of the party, who had been rallied, insanely, by Sen. Ted Cruz – born in Canada! the son of a Cuban granted asylum in the United States! – and who once again insisted on a symbolic, meaningless vote on a Tea Party-approved bill with absolutely no chance of getting through the Senate and no purpose, really, beyond proving to their constituents how mean-spirited they could be.
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 20:20:01 +0000
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