How Democrats Flipped the Border Issue on Republicans

New York Times: “The possibility that Republicans would bolt from their own deal had occurred to Mr. Schumer from the start, given his previous experience.”

Said Schumer: “We knew it way back then.”

“But Mr. Schumer saw a political upside should that occur: Democrats would be able to say they tried and point to the Republican opposition for failing to halt a surge of migrants illegally crossing the U.S. border with Mexico.”

He added: “It’s a win if Republicans abandon us at the last minute, because if Democrats could put together a tough, bipartisan bill on border, it would not take border away as an issue for the Republicans, but it would give us a 50-50 chance to combat it.”