Democrats have offered a continuing resolution that would spend $1.3 billion on border security but with restrictions against spending it on Trump’s wall. Trump’s demands put Republicans in a terrible spotBut as The Post report notes, House Republicans are balking at voting on the $5 billion Trump wants, because it faces certain rejection in the Senate. After all, a key reason Trump brought down so many House GOP moderates in the election revolves around his positions on immigration. Since Election Day, some GOP strategists have concluded that Trump’s closing message of xenophobic, nationalist border-fearmongering actually harmed Republicans more than initially thought. Max Boot: America now has a party of authoritarianism — it’s the GOPCatherine Rampell: Is the GOP the law and order party?

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2018 15:22 UTC