{"id":388359,"date":"2021-03-23T16:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=388359"},"modified":"2021-03-24T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2021-03-24T20:28:20","slug":"rushs-rebuttal-to-harris-and-biden-on-the-border-and-sanctuary-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2021\/03\/23\/rushs-rebuttal-to-harris-and-biden-on-the-border-and-sanctuary-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Rush\u2019s Rebuttal to Kommie\u2019s Border Cackle"},"content":{"rendered":"

JASON: Now, I want to get to the story that we didn\u2019t quite get to yesterday because I think it\u2019s absolutely crucial you understand this, because we\u2019re being set up here. This is a trap, my friends. You have, no doubt, heard that the $1.9 trillion covid relief bill (all of which 8% goes to actual covid relief) is now being followed on by a $3 trillion, soon to be $4 trillion infrastructure plan.<\/p>\n

\"\"It\u2019s almost like we have no debt, except that we have one of $29 trillion that we can\u2019t service. But be that as it may, you\u2019ve heard about some on our side of the aisle saying, “Hey, hey, hey! You\u2019re attaching something to this covid relief bill for the states.” This bill really bails out the states, bails out the blue states. That\u2019s why they want to undo the SALT deduction or the lack of deduction on state and local taxes that we passed with the Tax Cut and Jobs Act.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t want to subsidize high-tax states so we didn\u2019t let them deduct their state and local taxes so the Democrats are just bailing out these states instead. That\u2019s what they\u2019re doing with this bill. The covid relief bill to the states, “You can\u2019t use this money to cut taxes,” and the rock candy conservatives out there are in an uproar because they love tax cuts — as do I.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m the original supply-sider.<\/p>\n

I love it.<\/p>\n

But it is not the be-all and end-all. We\u2019ve got a crisis with immigration. We\u2019ve got a crisis with censorship. We\u2019ve got a crisis with lockdowns. There are other issues out there. But here\u2019s my point. The GOP\u2019s being set up here. If you fall for this notion that the government — the federal government — can\u2019t attach strings to what it funds, that which it subsidizes, it will regulate, and how do we ever get a handle on cities?<\/p>\n

Because this is in front of the court right now. The Biden DOJ is trying to eliminate the crackdown on sanctuary cities. Let me tell you something: If they say that the Feds, when they subsidize a state, can\u2019t have regulations with the subsidy and the answer if you\u2019re troubled by that is not take the money. But if they say that, then how are you ever gonna defund sanctuary cities?<\/p>\n

A city and municipality, most of them in the country, say, “We\u2019re not gonna enforce immigration law.” Trump\u2019s response was, “We\u2019re gonna cut off your funding.” The Democrats say, “You can\u2019t attach a regulation,” but they want to attach it for no tax cuts. No, they can attach what they subsidize. So be careful where you go on this. Here\u2019s Rush\u2019s take on sanctuary cities.<\/a><\/p>\n

RUSH: It hit me over the weekend. Sometimes things are so close that you miss them when you\u2019re looking for, oh, ways of persuading people, something so obvious is right in front of you that it seems so simple you start looking for something more complicated and further out.<\/p>\n

\"\"In the case of illegal immigration — this has probably occurred to a lot of you. But it\u2019s no more complicated than asking just why are so many people — Democrats, leftists — insistent that illegal immigrants be permitted? If you just ask that, then it will help explain what we are up against. It doesn\u2019t make any sense to let illegal — to allow the American law, federal law to be broken and then celebrate it unless other things are true.<\/p>\n

Why would people not just ignore the law on illegal immigration, why would they promote it? Why do they advocate it? There cannot be a good reason, if you define good as something being beneficial or pro-American. There simply isn\u2019t. Why have sanctuary cities sprung up? Sanctuary cities have sprung up to encourage even more illegal immigration and then to promise to shield the illegals who want it from being found and deported. Why would anybody do this? There isn\u2019t one good reason for America or pro-America to do this.<\/p>\n

JASON: No, there really isn\u2019t, and that\u2019s why it\u2019s so frustrating to watch our border security come tumbling down like Joe Biden on a set of stairs. Speaking of which, Vice President Harris, I believe, was asked if she had plans to visit the border the other day and here\u2019s how she replied.<\/p>\n

REPORTER: Do you plan to visit the border?<\/p>\n

HARRIS: Um… Not today! (laughing) But, um, I have before, and I\u2019m sure I will again.<\/p>\n