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Dulcinea

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Mon Apr 1, 2024, 07:56 AM Apr 1

Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump campaigns on promises of mass deportations and pardons for those convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, his ideas are being met with little pushback and some enthusiasm by a new era of Republicans in Congress.

It’s a shift from the first time around when the presumptive Republican presidential nominee encountered early skepticism and, once in a while, the uproar of condemnation.

Rather than being dismissed as campaign bluster or Trump speaking his mind to rouse his most devoted voters, his words are being adopted as party platforms, potentially able to move quickly from rhetoric to reality with a West Wing in waiting and crucial backing from key corners on Capitol Hill.

“We’re going to have to deport some people,” said Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, one of Trump’s biggest supporters, days after campaigning alongside Trump in his home state.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-riot-pardons-deportation-republicans-congress-c8e5398b3c2c8ce43149e32cd0805865

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Some of Trump's allies in Congress already support his 2025 ideas on deportations and Jan. 6 pardons (Original Post) Dulcinea Apr 1 OP
"We're going to have to deport some people" - where is the imperative coming from? bucolic_frolic Apr 1 #1
Mrs. Vance is a woman of color. Dulcinea Apr 1 #2

bucolic_frolic

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1. "We're going to have to deport some people" - where is the imperative coming from?
Mon Apr 1, 2024, 08:14 AM
Apr 1

GOP is trying to avoid responsibility by blaming some nefarious unknown for their conscious policies.

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