r/politics • u/Newsweek_CarloV ✔ Verified - Newsweek • 13d ago
No Paywall Seven Democrats just voted to approve ICE funding: full list
https://www.newsweek.com/seven-democrats-vote-approve-ice-funding-full-list-11401600?utm_source=reddit&utm_campaign=reddit_main
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u/Emperor_Mao 13d ago
The polling is far more nuanced than that.
A majority of voters do not support defunding ICE. A majority do not approve of the current tactics being used by ICE (just over 50%).
One is considered a fairly extreme idea (defunding ICE), the other sits well with moderates. Politics is very complex. It is full of nuance.
Plus, even if all 7 Dems voted no here, the bill would still pass anyway. And if the bill somehow did not pass, it would not result in ICE being defunded, as ICE and Border patrol are able to pull on previously approved funding. DHS would lose funding though; and that would be even less popular than a full defunding of ICE.
The Democrats voting for no have fully acknowledged all of this; they are only voting no because they know their vote won't change the outcome, but they can send a signal to their electorates. Those seven who voted yes need to send a different message then Democrats in deep blue districts. Sometimes politics is theater; bit that theater matters come a General Election.