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January 10, 2024
Or maybe Lindsey Graham.
I have to wonder if McConnell was the senior Republican official who said this in Nov. 2020:
Days after Democratic nominee Joe Biden was projected by all major media outlets as the winner of the presidential election, Trump has yet to concede the race, and his campaign is pursuing legal efforts to challenge the results in numerous battleground states. Though experts say there's essentially no chance of these legal options affecting the outcome of the election, one Republican official told The Washington Post they're fine with entertaining Trump while being confident his efforts won't succeed.
"What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?" a senior Republican official told the Post. "No one seriously thinks the results will change. He went golfing this weekend. It's not like he's plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He's tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he'll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he'll leave."
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-official-asks-downside-humoring-135240153.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH00vXXsA7ajLSmnMpn1zkAWsClO-P3V14HiH1GzbF9O5EZYOIiowYRCsmPLQkJjPOmPRY_HF0fL3PffH45BJzEySWWkUNBm6hDeLYmbPFH655w3342A5P3IrNBAbLIj5Xo7Tmo1Xh6MMcoM5d6RXlmq5lNlmOEkwC0IJfUszDEl
"What is the downside for humoring him for this little bit of time?" a senior Republican official told the Post. "No one seriously thinks the results will change. He went golfing this weekend. It's not like he's plotting how to prevent Joe Biden from taking power on Jan. 20. He's tweeting about filing some lawsuits, those lawsuits will fail, then he'll tweet some more about how the election was stolen, and then he'll leave."
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-official-asks-downside-humoring-135240153.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAH00vXXsA7ajLSmnMpn1zkAWsClO-P3V14HiH1GzbF9O5EZYOIiowYRCsmPLQkJjPOmPRY_HF0fL3PffH45BJzEySWWkUNBm6hDeLYmbPFH655w3342A5P3IrNBAbLIj5Xo7Tmo1Xh6MMcoM5d6RXlmq5lNlmOEkwC0IJfUszDEl
Or maybe Lindsey Graham.
January 6, 2024
Highly likely. March 2023:
Large group of migrants encountered were misinformed
Release Date Fri, 03/31/2023
EL PASO, Texas More than 1,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, surrendered themselves to Border Patrol Agents in the El Paso Sector, on Wednesday, after reports indicated that migrants may have been misinformed regarding current immigration policies and initiatives.
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on March 29, U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso Sector received reports of a large group of migrants walking eastbound, in Mexico, paralleling the international border from the Bridge of the Americas Port of Entry. At approximately 4:00 p.m., agents from the El Paso Station began to encounter groups of migrants, 20-30 at a time, with more than 1,000 entering the U.S. illegally and surrendering to Border Patrol Agents at the border gate, near Barker Street and Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway.
The migrants encountered were primarily citizens from Venezuela, but were also from other various countries including Nicaragua, Colombia, and Ecuador. Throughout the night and into the early morning hours, agents continued to encounter groups attempting to make illegal entry into the United States.
Many of the migrants claimed that they received information regarding CBP immigration policies via various social media platforms. Migrants indicated social media posts stated that if they surrendered to agents in El Paso at a certain location, they would be allowed to remain in the United States. That information was not correct.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/large-group-migrants-encountered-were-misinformed
Release Date Fri, 03/31/2023
EL PASO, Texas More than 1,000 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, surrendered themselves to Border Patrol Agents in the El Paso Sector, on Wednesday, after reports indicated that migrants may have been misinformed regarding current immigration policies and initiatives.
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on March 29, U.S. Border Patrol in El Paso Sector received reports of a large group of migrants walking eastbound, in Mexico, paralleling the international border from the Bridge of the Americas Port of Entry. At approximately 4:00 p.m., agents from the El Paso Station began to encounter groups of migrants, 20-30 at a time, with more than 1,000 entering the U.S. illegally and surrendering to Border Patrol Agents at the border gate, near Barker Street and Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway.
The migrants encountered were primarily citizens from Venezuela, but were also from other various countries including Nicaragua, Colombia, and Ecuador. Throughout the night and into the early morning hours, agents continued to encounter groups attempting to make illegal entry into the United States.
Many of the migrants claimed that they received information regarding CBP immigration policies via various social media platforms. Migrants indicated social media posts stated that if they surrendered to agents in El Paso at a certain location, they would be allowed to remain in the United States. That information was not correct.
https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/large-group-migrants-encountered-were-misinformed
January 6, 2024
While that's likely to be helpful in the short term,
it's ludicrous that a country of 333 million people turns to a country of 39 million people to obtain necessary medications.
Far better if the country of 333 million people would adopt the same policies that result in cheaper medications.
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