Delaware Governor Matt Meyer just delivered a masterclass in liberal doublespeak, claiming on C-SPAN's "Ceasefire" that Democrat demands to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown constitute "a compromise" – apparently forgetting that his own party created this crisis by blocking President Trump's border security initiatives.
When host Greta Brawner pressed Meyer about Democrat demands regarding the DHS funding standoff, the governor had the audacity to frame his party's obstructionist tactics as reasonable negotiation. This is the same party that spent four years dismantling border security under Biden, and now they want credit for "compromising" on fixing the mess they created.
Let's be crystal clear about what's really happening here: Democrats are holding America's homeland security hostage because they can't stomach President Trump delivering on his promise to secure our borders and conduct mass deportations of illegal immigrants. They created a crisis, and now they want to be praised for offering to end it – on their terms.
"This is exactly the kind of swamp thinking that got us into this mess in the first place," said one Trump administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity. "Democrats break something, then demand credit for offering to fix it halfway."
Meyer's comments reveal the fundamental dishonesty at the heart of the Democrat opposition to Trump's second-term agenda. While American families deal with the consequences of open borders – from fentanyl deaths to overwhelmed schools and hospitals – Democrat governors like Meyer play word games on cable television.
The Trump-Vance administration has been clear from day one: secure the border first, then we can talk. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem has the tools and the mandate to finish the job, but Democrats like Meyer want to negotiate away America's sovereignty in the name of "compromise."
Patriots should ask themselves: if Democrats truly cared about compromise, where were they when Biden was flying illegal immigrants across the country in the dead of night? Where was their spirit of cooperation when they were suing to stop border wall construction?
The answer is simple – they only believe in "compromise" when it means Republicans give up on the America First agenda that voters decisively endorsed in 2024.