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    Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey Jan 10
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    Lots of people answering "Paul Ryan" to this question. Yes, but deferring to Paul Ryan's legislative priorities was a choice. Who had greater sway over Republicans writ large in Jan. 2017: Trump or Ryan? Answer's obvious. Yet Trump deferred anyway.https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1083393058513793024 …

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    Has anyone asked Trump why he permitted the Congressional GOP to focus on tax cuts and health care repeal for two years, rather than a border wall, and only after a Democratic House got elected did it become a major legislative priority?
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      1. LDMoney‏ @LDWhitmire Jan 10
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        60 votes.

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      1. Biff Jenkins‏ @DeplorableXs2 Jan 10
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        @POTUS tried to play nice in the beginning. It seems he’s realized being the nice guy gets you zero in Washington!

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      1. Brian‏ @iamrileymartin Jan 10
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        Wonderful point I used the paul Ryan excuse as well but ultimately falls on trump

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      1. Arcadia Felice‏ @kolossalfinesse Jan 10
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        Also the tax cuts were adopted in December 2017. Ryan only cared about future lobbying job but mysterious why Trump didn’t push publicly and forcefully for border security and against sanctuary cities from January to October. Would have put pressure on Dems before midterms.

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      1. Wide-Mouth Slam Can‏ @wmslamcan Jan 10
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        That's the lamest thing about The Donald in my opinion. It would have been EASY for him to be a transformative figure, but he didn't because he's mostly full of crap.

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      1. Joe Moore 😎‏ @SimJoeMoore Jan 10
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        Senate had a bill $25B Wall for DACA and Trump said don't do it without ending chain migration. He could have shut down govt then and told McConnell to use nuclear option and he would have had it.

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      1. MerCel Capital‏ @darylmox Jan 10
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        https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-stopgap-funding-bill-5-billion-trump-s-border-n950666 …

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      1. AK‏ @NyackTrader Jan 10
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        60 votes in the Senate

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      1. Rhameston‏ @rhameston Jan 10
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        It's only now that certain republicans are more afraid of their constituents than their wealthy donors that we have even a slim chance to get illegal immigration under control. Just too many entrenched groups that want cheap labor and cheaper votes to give me much hope.

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      1. Gordie‏ @RileyhBFG Jan 10
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        It seems he wanted to use it for political gain because he knew he was on the majority side of the issue and could leverage it at the right time.

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      1. Kyle Franklin‏ @chiefkylefrank Jan 10
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        Would you say this shows more of an issue with inexperience/ignorance of being first time politician than a change in desire/policy on his part?

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      1. R Merrill‏ @merrill_r Jan 10
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        Trump had no agenda or policy: He just handed revising the tax code over to the House GOP and was happy to sign off on massive tax cuts for the wealthy people like himself. When did he try to accomplish anything different?

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      1. Mark Ripollone‏ @MarkRipollone Jan 10
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        Very fair questions for Trump. Most charitable explanation one could make for Trump is that he was too deferential to the establishment and wanted to go after a boilerplate GOP policy (tax reform). It’s still his fault for doing so.

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      1. Mickey Dugan‏ @Mickey_Dugan Jan 10
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        He didn’t realize that most of establishment GOP was all bluster - no action. He knows now.

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      1. YupItsMe‏ @Thomasdiscerns Jan 10
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        Trump very little support congress. 25 gop Senators openly opposed him post Billy Bush. Almost all mocked the wall.

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      1. RoboBoogie‏ @_RoboBoogie Jan 10
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        1. Oops forgot about this earlier lol 2. Trump wants this public fight Are the main options I can see

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      2. Gurgun‏ @Gurgun1989 Jan 10
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        They wasted time on Obamacare instead of border security and infrastructure. I have zero doubt that was costly to the GOP in 2018, and they are still paying a price today.

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