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Originally Posted by Huehuecoyotl
This is true. Sounds obvious but the Republican had two years to pass a wall and they didn't.
He mentions later that there's nothing Republicans can offer that won't fracture their coalition. Amnesty or a pass to citizenship will kill his base support so that only leaves non immigration bargaining chips that probably will run into opposition from other parts of the Republican base.
With public opinion blaming Trump the most Democrats should go for the jugular or let Trump twist in the wind.
"Republicans," as in GOP congresscritters, may not as a whole consider the wall important (note: it is certain that some of them do, but it is obvious that the Senate and House GOP leadership does not). But
Trump considers it vitally important, so
he might offer them something valuable, and the Dems should ask and accept. Fracturing the GOP base is a win.