Dems Lose Major Ally in Shutdown Fight

The Washington Post’s reliably liberal editorial board have abandoned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s determined opposition to President Donald Trump’s push for a border wall.

The Daily Caller’s Chris White reports:
 

WaPo noted in a Sunday editorial reasons why Pelosi should rebuke the president’s most recent offer to temporarily extend protections for the so-called Dreamers. But the paper eventually explained that taking the deal would ultimately help those who came here through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“He should not be rewarded for having taken the government hostage. Any piece of a wall would reinforce his hateful, anti-immigrant rhetoric,” WaPo noted. “He’s unreliable, having made and withdrawn similar offers in the past.”

WaPo’s editorial board has criticized Trump in the past for what its writers call pushing immigration policies that would “cripple the economy.” It’s taking a different approach now. Sunday’s editorial explains why young people who came to the U.S. through the Obama-era program are in peril of being deported.

If nothing happens soon, then the Dreamers could get the short end of the stick, WaPo noted.

Pelosi preemptively shot down President Trump’s compromise before the White House’s announcement.