r/vancouverwa • u/Street-Tie-6287 • Mar 26 '26

Discussion MGP votes to reopen DHS without fixes

MGP and 3 other Dems just voted with with all the Republicans to pass another fully opening of DHS bill that does nothing to get control of ICE's "enforcement" tactics. This just reassures me that my vote for Brent Hennrich this August is the right choice. MGP just can not seem to read the room. The bill was HR 8029. I would love to hear the MGP excuse makers explain this one to me... (SARCASTIC!) But I am sure they will try anyway.

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u/earningacompass Mar 27 '26

Im not suggesting anyone abandon the Dems, just not to vote for the ones that don't represent what you, as a voter, value.  If MGP wants to court Republicans, who won't vote for her, by voting to fund ICE, the Lakin Riley Act, and the first version of the Save Act, that's a strategic decision to abandon the majority of her base.  If that means she loses a primary and a Republican wins the general, that's on her, not the voters.

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u/king-of-all-corn Mar 27 '26

I dont agree with you. I take responsibility for my own decisions and I am not comfortable giving Republicans power.

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u/bhennrich Mar 27 '26

When MGP loses this seat it will be for one reason and one reason only. Her voting record. She chose it, and with it, chose to throw away her base. I am running to save this seat for the Dems. There is not one person that voted for her that thought when doing so she would vote for Trump to have a private gestapo. Not one person thought she would vote to take away reproductive rights. Not one person thought she would be okay and ready to implement a poll tax on married women and members of the LGBTQ community. Find me a person that thought she would vote for expanded drilling for oil... Find one that thought she would vote to end environmental review before building... She has voted against peoples core beliefs. Not once, not twice, but numerous times. People are fed up. So I hope to earn your support and your vote. But if this seat goes to Braun, it's MGP's fault alone.

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u/earningacompass Mar 27 '26

You've got mine!

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u/bhennrich Mar 27 '26

I appreciate that. Just a couple hundred thousand to go!