implemented. sergio, i wonder, you said a resounding no when i asked you, are they being loud enough, some form of fear about being sort of painted as inhumane. why? because, in some way, the administration is using stricter policies in the sense, that they are closing the border and going out to cuba, venezuelans, patients and nicaraguans. yes, they are creating more legal pathways. but in a way, that could alienate the more progressive base of the party. is that part of the no? the party needs to lean into what the president ran on in 2020, which was to roll back these hideous and horrible trump policies, things like separating kids from their families, blocking asylum seekers and keeping them in very unsafe and horrible conditions in mexico. this is what the administration ran on. and the president ran on in the place of those trump policies, building a fair, functional and
inhumane. why? because, in some way, the administration is using stricter policies in the sense, that they are closing the border and going out to cuba, venezuelans, patients and nicaraguans. yes, they are creating more legal pathways. but in a way, that could alienate the more progressive base of the party. is that part of the no? the party needs to lean into what the president ran on in 2020, which was to roll back these hideous and horrible trump policies, things like separating kids from their families, blocking asylum seekers and keeping them in very unsafe and horrible conditions in mexico. this is what the administration ran on. and the president ran on in the place of those trump policies, building a fair, functional and humane immigration system. so, it s transforming our immigration system of,
anita: good point. katie, let me have you respond. president biden has a lot of things he can do here to stop the flow from coming. the truth is the administration is fine with it because they don t want to take on a their progressive base which thinks that the border should be wide open. the fact is, the border was closed under president trump. for political reasons, the biden administration decided to reject every single policy position that was working for the sake of saying they re repealing what they call president trump s inhumane policies. when there s thousands of people sleeping on the streets of el paso with nowhere to go. that s not humane policy. it s not humane for americans and border patrol agents to bear the brunt of this crisis. anita: these are live pictures happening right now of illegal immigrants crossing the border in eagle pass, texas. they re crossing the river there. you know, there s just little to do for the border patrol agents to stop them. as juan me
that s all the reasons democrats in the democratic party really wants this win. then if you step away from that and look at the congressional politics for a moment, this race outcome is also important because of what kind of politics are rewarded by voters and what kind are punished. these incentives that creates for future politicians. raphael warnock is one of the, if not the most interesting politicians in america. he served as the senior pastor at the ebenezer baptist church in atlanta. the same position reverend martin luther king junior held more than half a century ago. warnock is the youngest person ever to hold that position. he was born into poverty, an incredibly educated man whose political ideology is firmly rooted in the idea a faith-based judge it and he clearly comes from the parties more progressive base but has also managed to win over voters
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