Dan Pfeiffer

And even if they did, it would not matter that much because this is not Donald Trump of 2024.

This is Donald Trump of 2026 when his immigration approval rating is 12 to 15 points underwater.

He is not the efficacy of a message is intrinsically tied to the credibility of the messenger.

And Trump and the Republicans no longer have credibility on immigration.

Democrats don't either.

Now we're basically tied with Trump on who you trust in immigration.

But that's a gigantic win for us compared to previous years.

And so this is not going to matter in any way, shape, or form.

I don't care.

It is a dumb person's idea of a clever idea.

And it's really not a thing.

That would have been a good idea.

Wait till you put it in a mediocre ad.

It's the whole thing.

The conversation around it is stupid.

It really is Republicans desperately trying to spin a finite wind in this really incoherent speech that was terrible politics in every other way, shape, or form.

And some credulous reporters kind of giving them a place to air their last hopes and dreams for the midterms.

In the service of trying to go after undocumented people, it killed the sort of quasi the service of trying to do that.

It shot and killed two Americans in the street and lied about it.

I want to talk to you about this.