I suspect this is not what Trump and McConnell were hoping to have to do:

VP Pence pushing back on conservative backlash: “This is not an amnesty bill….There is no amnesty in the president’s proposals. There is no pathway to citizenship.” He added that that President Trump’s proposal is a “sincere effort” to make a compromise.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) January 19, 2019

Mike Pence explains why the Trump “compromise” is bullshit. https://t.co/F6JWfOLN34

— The Daily Edge (@TheDailyEdge) January 20, 2019