He s made promises before, particularly on daca. the vote didn t happen in january at least as he promised to jeff flake. so, look, a couple of differences. one is this is a commitment he made in public as opposed to behind closed doors to jeff flake. second, a commitment he made to over 15 republican senators, in addition to the american people. and finally, there are lots more levers in this process. going three weeks on a continuing resolution, still leaves all the budget issues. it leaves all the issues relating to an omnibus appropriations. so there are tools we have to make sure that mitch mcconnell keeps his commitment, in addition to the fact that he made it out in public and people are going to be holding him to his word. look at all of you hope he does keep his commitment because you ultimately have to answer to your constituents. let me read you what frank sherry, the executive director of america s voice, an immigrants rights group, here s what he said, i m moved to tea
Note worthy they related them to others at the time of the meeting. this was obviously a very explosive thing to have reported about an american president, right? you have these very, very clear denials from the white house in the name of all these senior officials. who are you going to believe? well, door number one or door number two? people who believed the times reporting were disturbed by the comments being attributed to the president. the comments have clear implications for the president s broader mind set, right? frank sherry, executive director of america s voice was quoted by the times in that story before christmas as saying that the president s immigration agenda is motivated by racism, basically those quotes proved it. quote, he s basically saying you people of color coming to america seeking the dream are a threat to the white people. he s come into office with a strategy of trying to reverse the demographic changes underway in america. there is somebody involved that
The comment of nigerians going back to their huts, that was described to officials. the white house denied that the president used the words aids or huts. two officials who described the comments found them so note worthy that they related them to the meeting at the time of the meeting. door number one or door number two? people who believe the times who were reporting are disturbed by comments attributed to the president. these comment havscomments. frank sherry, executive director of a group called american voice. the president s immigration agenda is motivated by racism.
I realize i m asking you to psychooanalyze the president s thoughts, but is it emotion or something more? it s a combination of two things. one is the president s, basically, his views, as frank sherry who is very well respected in the immigrant advocacy community, it s a reflection of his long-held views toward people of color, people who regards as foreigners. and the second thang that drives this agenda is he knows this plays well with his base, with that roughly 32%, 33% of americans who will stick with him no matter what, to whom comments like these latest remarks about haitians and nigerians don t matter, who do not take offense to his remarks about muslims and refugees and mexicans. it s a combination of those two things that drive this president. they definitely inform his views. and it s quite sad because, again, when we step back and look at this, say, from 30,000 feet, right now we have latinos who are american citizens, and i
Further. steven miller, just for context, he has and this is very well documented in reporting bine univision and other outlets, this is someone with a lifelong antipathy for latinos in particular and immigrants in general. the fact he s in the white house with the president s ear should be really disturbing to more americans and the fact that it is not is actually quite disappointing. i want to ask you about what s motivating this policy. there s a through line in this piece of the new york times that it s emotion that s driving president trump s policy. there are critics who suggested something more insidious than that, that it s racially motivated. there s a quotation from frank sherry, from america s voice, and he says to the new york times, quote, the men tellty of the president saying you people of color coming to america seeking the american dream are a threat to the white people. he s come into the office with an aggressive strategy of trying to reverse the demographic