John McCain warns that Republicans are on wrong side of immigration debate

[DonViejo]

Arizona senator laments return of ‘old fears and animosities’ in new book and has no regrets about giving Steele dossier to Comey

Lauren Gambino in Washington
@laurenegambino

Wed 9 May 2018 17.18 EDT

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In his new book, the ailing senator continues his eleventh-hour comeback as the career rebel on Capitol Hill.

The question of immigration has long set him apart from his Republican colleagues, but he writes in The Restless Wave: Good Times, Just Causes, Great Fights, and Other Appreciations that the party will change “when the politics for them change”.

“Right now, Republicans are on the wrong side of that progress,” McCain continues, “and if we want to retain our competitiveness in the fastest-growing communities in the country we’ll stop letting the zealots drive the debate, and fix the problems that [give] them their soapbox.”

The passage on immigration articulates the Arizona senator’s disagreement with Donald Trump’s nationalistic, ‘America First’ view of the world. McCain argues that immigration is a pillar of “American exceptionalism” while Trump has touted a crackdown on undocumented immigrants and sought to restrict legal immigration.

In the book McCain implores Republicans to reject conservatives who fear America is being “contaminated by the customs of non-European immigrants”.

“They’re still a small fraction in the Republican Party. But they’re the ones getting all the attention right now. They need to be confronted, not ignored or winked at or quietly dismissed as kooks,” McCain writes. “They need to be confronted before their noxious views spread further and damage for generations the reputation of the Republican Party.”

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/09/john-mccain-republicans-immigration-wrong-side

[Frustratedlady]

1. Too late for that The Republicans have already damaged their reputation.

As long as you give attention to Ryan, McConnell, Nunes and their ilk, things aren't going to change.

They are beyond repair.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Too late...the reputation of the repugs has already been ...

damaged beyond repair, all because a few repug loudmouths spewed their noxious goodies out of the toilet and into the airwaves.

People will remember for a long time the idiot ramblings of this entire administration and in the future, books will be written on 'The 1,001 Ways On Governing By the 1%' or 'The 1,001 Ways to Destroy A Government'.