It was a brilliant move by a president playing high-stakes chess while the Democrats are still playing checkers. Trump, now in his second term and with a firm grip on the GOP, has extended his influence into the opposition party.

They're all good people, but they're all somewhat mellow. And I think we need hard knocks fighters in the United States Senate—people who can go toe to toe with the Democrats, not just in the halls of the United States Senate, not just in the Senate chamber, but also in the news media and help the public better understand why what the Republicans want to do is best for our country.”

> “It violates the Due Process Clauses of the 5th and 14th Amendments. It violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. And it violates the Naturalization Clause, which empowers the federal government—not the states—to control who can become citizens and what their rights and responsibilities are once they become citizens. So in my judgment, it’s wholly unconstitutional