Thread: Rep. Trey Gowdy: Don't 'Take the Bait' on Shutdown Over Amnesty

Gowdy said he also was in favor of withholding funding for the immigration order, but warned it was important that Congress "not take the bait," since doing so could lead to a government shutdown.

"What the president wants to us do is to over-respond, so our public approval ratings are as low as his," he said. "The funding gets into a shutdown debate, which we historically have never won."

Gowdy said he preferred a "step by step" strategy toward addressing problems with immigration, rather than a comprehensive bill.

How can we "over-respond" to a border, constitutional, financial, legal, population and economic crisis caused by foreign interests and traitors? Cutting off their money is akin to cutting an allowance, a pretty meek and mild response for the situation if you ask me.

And this "step by step" means doing one thing and then doing another. The only step we need or want is a single step to stop illegal immigration and because our laws already dictate how that is to be done, in a very detailed step by step process, the only action needed to address immigration problems is enforce the law.