Gutierrez: Pelosi 8-Hour Speech 'Nice Gesture,' But Meaningless If Dems Cave on DACA

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) eight-hour marathon speech in defense of Dreamers on the House floor Wednesday garnered much applause and favorable media coverage, but Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) argued that Pelosi’s impassioned remarks will amount to nothing more than “a nice gesture” if she fails to push House Democrats to vote down the newly-reached bipartisan spending deal.

“They talk about how they’re for immigrants, but when it counts and when it matters, they usually put their party before their principles.”
—Rep. Luis Gutierrez

“If Democrats join with Republicans on this deal, what you will have is a collusion with Donald Trump to deport Dreamers. And I hope that does not happen,” Gutierrez said during an interview with MSNBC‘s Chuck Todd on Wednesday. “They talk a great game, they talk about how they’re for immigrants, but when it counts and when it matters, they usually put their party before their principles in terms of our immigrant community.”

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Gutierrez’s comments came as Pelosi declared during her speech that while she plans to vote against the bipartisan spending deal reached on Wednesday, she will not pressure her colleagues to join her in opposition.