Are Democrats in Congress addressing the caravan from Central America heading for the US?

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These images seems like a gift for Trump just in time for the midterms.

[lancelyons]

1. I think the dems in congress are lost. this is the most frustrating part for me.

We rely on the press to get the word out or counter the lies that Trump and GOP push.

Maybe our people are just in their districts talking only to their people and we just dont have visibility.

Certainly it seems like the Presidents LIES are what is pushed out there.

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2. Congressional Dems seem paralyzed by Trump's bluster

Even Maxine Waters is keeping a low profile.

[marybourg]

3. It may not be a gift; he may have actually paid

for it.

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6. That is an interesting suggestion

The origins of the this particular mass migration would be a very challenging subject for investigative journalism. The timing could not be better for Republicans.

[FarPoint]

4. I believe this is an extremely high possibility...

A big part of me thinks tRump's administration operatives coordinated the caravan all along....

[brooklynite]

5. Did they coordinate the caravans in the years before Trump was elected?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_American_migrant_caravans

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8. Thanks for posting that link!

It is exactly what I would have hoped for!

[FarPoint]

10. So, this is a standard tradition?I just know I am always suspicious of tRump

He always has a self seving agenda... driving us all nutz like being in the Mirror Universe from Star Trek...

I'm always like this lately...

[BumRushDaShow]

7. What exactly are they being expected to do

given Democrats are in the minority in Congress? Congress is in recess. There have been plenty of messages out over the past couple months about the CURRENT refugee children in internment camps and the big bad wolf can huff and puff but this latest "caravan" is about 1600 miles away from the Texas border and won't be there anytime soon.

Or is this just another divisive thread a couple weeks before the election.

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9. No, it is NOT a devisive thread.

It is a sincere question from someone who sees a distinct lack of resistance from Democrats in Congress to Trump's bullying his way toward his vision of what the US should be.

Happy now?

[BumRushDaShow]

12. WTF?

I guess you are not looking at the right places. And a little "Civics 101" is in order methinks.

All the bluster is not going to change the fact that the majority of Americans don't agree with the path this country has taken. The difference will be getting those folks to the polls (despite all the barriers, literally being erected right now like moving and/or closing polling places, threatening people transporting others to the polls, purging voter rolls, illegally requiring extra documents to early vote, throwing out absentee ballots for nonsensical reasons, etc..., so that folks can exercise their franchised right.

[Freethinker65]

11. Trump has the best people and connections to handle this

He also has the money and connections to create it in the first place.

Pretty standard for Trump. Threaten nuclear war against NK, then stage a photo op and say you solved the crisis (without mentioning you created it).

We shall see how gullible American voters are.

[PubliusEnigma]

13. Are you concerned, bro?

[MineralMan]

14. How would they address it? What would they say?

The answer to your question is that they're all campaigning for their seats right now. So, they're considering what they say very carefully. Different Democrats will address the issue in different ways, depending on their assessment of their constituencies.

What are your expectations? What do you think they should say? Does that apply to every district?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

15. Trumpers are acting like

This caravan is a horde of zombies headed for our border.


But seriously, what do you want Democrats to do about it? What *can* they do about it?

[a kennedy]

18. I know, I know....the optics suck, and do fit right in to orange slime puke's bullshit.

[Wounded Bear]

16. It's not a caravan, it's an exodus...

[flor-de-jasmim]

17. It was not that long ago that gangs in LA were deported to Central America

It would be interesting to know whether there is a relationship between the two.