Subject: Re: OK, it happened. I'm cooked
Abbott is the one that drove Democrats to move more towards immigration enforcement. It was his approach that drove up the political pain within the Democratic caucus, especially in New York. That's what created the political circumstances where Democrats were forced - as a party - to move towards the center on the issue.

We're saying the same thing.

I can't say I'm actually shocked at how little credit Abbott is given, in light of the narcissistic attention-glutton that sits at the center of GOP politics who demands that all tribute be rendered to him. But still...it was the buses that changed the trajectory of immigration politics in the Democratic Party. Not Trump.

Trump has been about 1 thing for the majority of his time in the Presidential Spotlight: stopping illegal immigration. That's all I'm saying. I get that you don't want to give the man credit for tying his tie correctly, but he did in fact raise something that had been simmering below the surface to miles above it.