Former Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele ripped his party for pushing back hard on President Obama’s immigration plans with a firm demand that they “get a grip.”
Appearing on MSNBC, he said he would advise the GOP to work with the previously passed Senate comprehensive immigration reform bill.
“Get a grip, because you’re sounding tone deaf here as I think the president is as well but we can talk about that in a moment. Number two, you have the solution already in front of you – the Senate in a bipartisan effort passed an immigration bill. If the House members have an issue with the enforcement mechanisms in the bill, if liberals in the House have an issue with the fact that certain aspects of the bill may go too far, then craft a bill that compromises around those points and start from there. You have the solution in your hand.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
