GOP/HOUSE OF REPS/IMMIGRATION/PAUL RYAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Two days ago, President Donald Trump promised House Republicans he’d have their backs ‘1,000 percent’ on immigration. On Friday [6-22-18], he told them to ‘stop wasting their time’ — putting GOP leaders in an impossible position and throwing the conference into chaos. But House Republican leaders say they plan to forge ahead with an immigration vote next week nonetheless. Speaker Paul Ryan’s team has spent weeks trying to strike an accord between moderate Republicans from swing districts and conservatives who are petrified of being accused of supporting ‘amnesty.’ And House Republicans exited a Thursday night meeting saying they believed they had a ‘breakthrough’ between the two wings of the party on a compromise that would help Dreamers and boost border security. But Trump undercut his party’s plans Friday, telling them to wait until after the midterm elections to act.”
-Rachael Bade and Louis Nelson, “Trump betrays House Republicans on immigration,” Politico, June 22, 2018 6/22/2018 7:39 am