Republicans cite 426 arrests to make crackdown permanent, then turn on the member who called it too far

…(cont) Now, Representative Salazar. On the 17th she ran an advertisement saying the enforcement had gone too far, specifically as to people arrested without criminal records, and the Secretary answered it the following day. The president himself, on the 18th, told reporters he disagreed with her and supported her reelection regardless. That is a big tent. On the 20th she went on Face the Nation and said he had been very courteous, very receptive. That is a party processing a disagreement like adults, and I'd like that in the transcript.

Then Saturday the president amplified negative posts about her, which drew a rebuke from at least one Republican, and her race tightened this week. So the through-line is that support survived the ad right up until — no. Support survived the ad. Support did not survive the week the polling moved, which is a different sentence than the one I meant to give you, and I'd like the first one in the transcript instead.

Because here is what the room is missing. The real document is the Democrats' bill — Representative Ramirez's Reimagining Safety Act, which would abolish the agency outright.

I reject the framing. The record shows a party that tolerates dissent, welcomes it, boosts criticism of it, and finishes the sentence later. Did I say that? That doesn't sound like me.