The difference between President Trump’s speech Tuesday night and the response of Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer can be summarized very simply: Trump made the border security issue about protecting you and me and even those attempting to enter the country illegally. Pelosi and Schumer made it about Trump.
Seriously, listen to Pelosi and Schumer again. How much was about “he” and how much was about you and your security? The agenda could not be any clearer. Trump wants to secure the American border. Pelosi and Schumer want to secure Trump’s early retirement.
After all, there was nothing, nada, zippo that Trump is suggesting that Schumer, in particular, hasn’t already supported in the past. As Trump said, the only thing that changed is he was elected.
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