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Ahh but whose bluff?
Republicans? Democrats?
Democrats are the ones that compromised for what represented the worst border policy possible. What did they gain for this?
Likewise with Republicans.
Clearly, yes, bluffs were called. But both parties come out worse imo.
The gain is not losing anything. It doesn't matter what the Dems conceded; if the bill doesn't pass then their concessions are irrelevant.
But it's worse for the GOP. They got lots of what they demanded, but aren't going to get those things because they won't support the bill. So not only do they not get what they want, but talking point of "The GOP denounced a bill for border security hours after supporting it, and after months of complaining about the border. Do they really want to fix it?" is so stupidly simple to understand.
The Right doesn't care about talking points, that's a Dem notion. The Right's base is compliant, and only seeks information from biased sources, who will never give an objective account. If they haven't seen the hypocrisy by now, they never will.
The 30% deplorables, yes. But for better or worse, there's a group of voters who flip-flop every election for whatever reason- memory too short to remember what the GOP is like, or dissatisfaction with gas prices or food prices or whatever. That's the group that these political games are aimed at. They're too stupid to be against the GOP, but not so stupid you can't convince them to support the Dems long enough to sway an election.
Oh you sweet summer child..