WaPo blogger on Gang of Eight amnesty: 'Everything is about papering over the fact that there is no actual trigger now'

The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent and The Examiner’s Byron York had an interesting Twitter discussion last night about the Gang of Eight’s amnesty plan.

@ByronYork fair point but I'd add that there is genuine fear that pushing it too far to right does break up coalition on left

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 17, 2013

@ByronYork Rubio keeps telling us he's pushing it dramatically to the right 🙂

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 17, 2013

@ByronYork what I'd love to see is a detailed reported piece explaining what moving reform to the right would actually look like

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 17, 2013

@ByronYork Right. Everything is about papering over the fact that there is no actual trigger now, right?

— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 17, 2013

@theplumlinegs Yes. That is Gang's story, and they're sticking to it.

— Byron York (@ByronYork) May 17, 2013

These two journalists — one on the Left and one on the Right — agree the Gang of Eight is being dishonest in the way it is framing its proposal.

Sargent and York are absolutely right, of course.

Alas, we have come to expect deception from Congress, particularly when it comes to the illegal immigration issue.

And some people wonder why we call the Gang of Eight’s proposal “shamnesty.”