Hay LD - another from Lurch
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Yeah, he’s okay on this particular issue. Menendez as well.
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What the hell, Lurch? Did they give you some kind of smart pill while in the hospital?
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2023/12/07/congress/fetterman-on-border-00130639
“I hope Democrats can understand that it isn’t xenophobic to be concerned about the border,” Fetterman said in an interview. “It’s a reasonable conversation, and Democrats should engage.”
Fetterman, a progressive favorite, urged Democrats to acknowledge the large numbers of migrants streaming across the southern border. He cited the nearly 270,000 border encounters that U.S. Customs and Border Protection reported in September.
“Honestly, it’s astonishing. And this isn’t a Fox News kind of statistic. This is the government’s,” he said. “You essentially have Pittsburgh showing up there at the border.”
His remarks come as Democrats increasingly stiff-arm the border talks for skewing too far toward GOP demands —
