“They know better. They’re asking for things that have already been turned down. So, it just seems like they’re going in circles,” Thune told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday.
Thune made the comments minutes after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent Republicans a proposal that contained nine reforms to how DHS should conduct immigration enforcement after the death of two protesters in Minneapolis.
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), leaving a meeting with Schumer at the Capitol, said Democrats still consider tighter warrant requirements and a ban on officers wearing face masks as “absolutely essential” to striking a deal.
Schumer called the offer a “good-faith proposal that contains some of the very same asks Democrats have been talking about now for months.”
In a floor speech, Schumer argued that Democrats stand ready to negotiate “at a moment’s notice,” though Thune said not to expect a new proposal from Republicans.
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