OPINION: Simpson, Fulcher say Mayorkas must go
Chuck Malloy
Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher doesn’t watch much of the network newscasts, and generally he doesn’t think that he’s missing much. Since he lives and breathes congressional politics, Fulcher doesn’t need Lester Holt to tell him what’s happening on Capitol Hill.
But if Fulcher did watch the nightly news, he’d know that former President Trump doesn’t like the Senate’s bipartisan approach to the crisis at the southern border. Trump has been telling anyone with a microphone that the agreement would work in favor of Democrats in a presidential election year — and that is not good for Republicans.
None of that rings a bell with Fulcher, who spends many waking hours talking with his colleagues from both sides of the aisle about border security. But the Idaho Republican says that Trump’s name does not enter into the conversations, and he doesn’t need the former president to tell him that a bipartisan deal will be ashes if it gets to the House. House Speaker Mike Johnson has declared it as dead on arrival if it reaches the lower chamber.
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