The Democrats should change their name to the Weather Vane Party. Their opinions and actions depend on which way the wind is blowing.
Actually, I should have said the direction they think it is blowing. You look at their policies on the economy and immigration and politically, you need to shake your head. Today, Nancy Pelosi refuses to even discuss anything that would secure the border and allows illegal aliens free access to America and the wallets of American taxpayers.
But, back in 2008, Pelosi was video taped calling for the same measures she now despises. How did that happen?
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has objected to nearly every single proposal from Republicans and President Donald Trump meant to alleviate the ongoing border crisis.
However, newly re-surfaced video from 2008 shows that Pelosi once supported the principles she suddenly now opposes.
“We have a couple of different issues we are talking about,” Pelosi said in the video posted by Independent Women’s Voice. “Do we have a commitment to secure the border? Yes.”
“What are the options that we have available to us? Lets make sure they work,” she explained. “Because while we need to address the issue of immigration and the challenge we have of undocumented people in our country, we certainly don’t want any more coming in.”
Pelosi’s words ring hollow in comparison to modern Democratic rhetoric. Now, progressive Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who many Americans believe speak for the Democratic Party, argue for the abolition of the Department of Homeland Security and the decriminalization of illegal border crossings.
2008 Nancy Pelosi on illegal immigrants, “…we certainly don’t want any more coming in.” #BorderCrisis #SecureTheBorder pic.twitter.com/2bFELA5GeU
— IWV (@IWV) July 19, 2019