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Trump tries to own libs by tweeting Obama video, ends up accidentally owning himself
On Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump tweeted a video of then-Sen. Barack Obama arguing against open borders in 2005.
“We are a generous and welcoming people here in the United States, but those who enter the country illegally and those who employ them disrespect the rule of law, and they are showing disregard for those who are following the law,” Obama says in the clip. “We simply cannot allow people to pour into the United States undetected, undocumented, unchecked, and circumventing the line of people who are waiting patiently, diligently, and lawfully to become immigrants in this country.”
Trump tweeted, “I agree with President Obama 100%!”
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There’s just one problem — for years now, Trump has been smearing Democrats as “the party of open borders.”
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The smear is baseless: the position Obama articulates in the video is similar to the one held by current Democratic members of Congress. For instance, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer have repeatedly indicated they support securing the borders, while simultaneously making clear they oppose appropriating tens of billions of dollars for a border wall that even border patrol agents say isn’t necessary.
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https://thinkprogress.org/trump-obama-immigration-tweet-self-own-f02f793487d6/?fbclid=IwAR0t5tpzjetK9tWaFty5Qw9_sWqhZlkZAt6rQX8kgCQacK6RmGj3CwfuzZQ
