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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 7 February 2018

Trump's bipartisan pitch long gone; now he's talking treason

nothing to help the young publican Party leaders and Trump’s frustrations ap-
immigrants, whose protec- donors Thursday, Trump ac- peared to intensify Mon-
tion from deportation and cused Democrats of being day when he turned his ire
ability to work in the coun- “missing in action” and not on California Rep. Adam
try Trump put in jeopardy wanting to pass immigra- Schiff, the top Democrat
last year. tion legislation so they can on the House Intelligence
“They Resist, Blame, Com- use the issue as a wedge in Committee, which has
plain and Obstruct - and the 2018 midterm elections. been probing potential
do nothing,” Trump com- He continued to hammer collusion between Mos-
plained, adding: “We have away at the message Fri- cow and Trump campaign
a great chance to make a day, telling top Homeland aides. Trump called Schiff
deal or, blame the Dems!” Security personnel he didn’t “one of the biggest liars
The criticism continued think Democrats wanted to and leakers in Washing-
throughout the week. reach a deal on the young ton” and said he “Must be
In evening remarks to Re- immigrants. stopped!” q
In this Jan. 30, 2018 photo, President Donald Trump gestures as
delivers his first State of the Union address in the House chamber
of the U.S. Capitol to a joint session of Congress in Washington,
as Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Paul Ryan
applaud.
(Win McNamee/Pool via AP)

Continued from Front cure the nation’s borders.
“They don’t care about the
Flake said he didn’t buy it: security of our country,”
“I have seen the president’s he said. “They don’t care
most ardent defenders about MS-13 killers pouring
use the now-weary argu- into our country.” That was
ment that the president’s a reference to a violent
comments were meant as street gang.
a joke, just sarcasm, only It was a significant depar-
tongue in cheek. But trea- ture from the night a week
son is not a punchline, Mr. earlier when Trump talked
President,” he said. of “extending an open
White House Press Secre- hand to work with members
tary Sarah Huckabee re- of both parties — Demo-
torted: “I don’t really care crats and Republicans — to
what Sen. Flake has to say.” protect our citizens of every
Trump made his treason background, color, religion
remark during an appear- and creed,” all the while
ance at an Ohio manufac- pushing a hardline immi-
turing plant, where he said gration plan that Demo-
Republicans went “totally crats have rejected as a
crazy, wild, they loved ev- nonstarter.
erything” about his State Trump’s plan would provide
of the Union address. He a path to citizenship for up
described Democrats as to 1.8 million young people
refusing to applaud even living in the country illegal-
positive news, and said ly, in exchange for billions
they’d prefer to see him do for his promised border wall
badly than the country do and immigration enforce-
well. ment, as well as major cuts
“Can we call that treason? to legal immigration that
Why not?” he asked, lob- Democrats say they can’t
bing an extraordinary ac- get behind.
cusation. “They certainly Trump has tried to put the
didn’t seem to love our onus on Democrats for fail-
country very much,” Trump ing to embrace his plans.
added. In tweets the morning af-
Trump also accused the ter his speech, Trump said
party of not wanting to se- Democrats were doing