Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday night criticized President Trump for deferring to lawmakers on immigration policy during a televised negotiation session early in the day.
“Today, in a remarkable twist, the president held a televised meeting with the very swamp creatures he once denounced. He told them he trusted them to craft immigration policy without his input. Then he suggested he’d be willing to accept any deal they produced, even a bad one,” Carlson said on his eponymous Fox News show.
“These are the same people the president now says he trusts to write the immigration bill, the one he says he’ll sign no matter what it says. So what was the point of running for president?” Carlson added.
Trump presided over a negotiation session with lawmakers from both parties on Tuesday to discuss immigration issues such as border security and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Trump indicated he would support what those in the room came up with, adding that he was willing to “take the heat” to back a bipartisan deal.
Trump at one point said he wants a “bill of love” to address DACA, an Obama-era measure that allowed certain immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to live and work here without fear of deportation.
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WATCH: Tucker Carlson rips Trump for bipartisan immigration meeting: "What was the point of running for president?" https://t.co/sJbZnt7tNj pic.twitter.com/5e8pdApsoY
— The Hill (@thehill) January 10, 2018
If you fold on immigration, you are a one term president. @POTUS https://t.co/uXHIR4wxwl
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 10, 2018
#POTUS, Immigration and secure borders were the point. How do his voters take his shocking press conference? Is this a death blow or is this the moment Trump ‘shoots” on 5th ave and his base doesn’t care? They should, He just shot them.. #DACA https://t.co/REkD4VZrE9
— Glenn Beck (@glennbeck) January 10, 2018
What’s really funny is watching Trump supporters twist themselves into knots trying to excuse Trump’s forthcoming betrayal on immigration. “This is the best we can get,” they say. Trump lies to them and they just say, “oh well.”
Yes I have read some of those comments by his supporters as well. Wasn’t that the same thing they said about not being able to repeal Obamacare? It’s the best we can get?
His supporters are very easy to please. All they ask for is an exciting tweet every day or so.
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