The GOP _has_ been united when it comes to Trump's judiciary appointments,

molding the GOP should be something that to focus on after the midterms and after 2020

in Arizona there'll definitely be a better R than Flake up, but what do we do other than that?

it wasn't realistic to try molding it from 2016-2018

sorry, define mold

shift the core

changing it into a specifically Trump/MAGA party, instead of the party of G Dubya Bush / McCain / Romney

make it to where when you think "republican" you think Trump and not Bush/McCain

no amnesty, America First

that kind of thing

so basically, Tom Cotton types?

with more energy

it's hard to think of an example, really

if Moore won, that kind of person

not just immigration hardliners, which is extremely important, but a care for the US in trade, allowing our interests to be beholden to no other nation

Oh oh

Tom Cotton just pointed out something 50 seconds ago,

if Democrats shut down the government over dreamers, it'll cost them

I've heard that angle, not sure if it'll be valid, but it's worth a shot

If Congress can't pass a budget in 5 days, it'll happen

I think personally Trump set the 'DACA deal' up to fail

yeah I know, I'm focusing more on DACA than the shutdown

Trump's been placing the blame on the inevitable fall of the deal on DACA, where he can frame that as the Dems screwing up

It's like a catch-22, if no deal is made, the Dems couldn't save the Dreamers when the Rs were willing to make a deal, if a deal is made, then a shift in the immigration system will have less legal immigration which will cost Dems, also Trump would get the wall which may make Dems look weak.

I don't know how the average voter would interpret it, but fingers are crossed all things considered

"I don't know how the average voter would interpret it,"

yeah, that's the thing

many leftists and minorities will still turn out for the Democrats regardless

I don't even know if DACA is going to be relevant in 10 months

probably not as much were it not for Trump's move

We'll see about what it does, I hope Trump has a good strategy in mind

I think we're better off getting Trumpians and neverTrumpers to turn out along with getting moderates and independents on our side

than to try to depress leftist turnout

you're better off trying to get a leftist to abandon the left first than to convince them not to vote

btw, someone should bump the general

right now

oops

just got archived

oh well

I'll make a new one later tonight

lot of Belgian shills on those threads

lmao yeah, it's probably the same guy though