He put his interlocked fingers on the table. “I called you here because I’d like you to make an immigration bill your first order of business. I’m hoping we can get bipartisan support on this.”
Stern glanced upward. “What a surprise. That’s all we heard about in your campaign.”
“You weren’t listening,” Mike replied. “There were plenty of issues. But, yeah, I pounded on immigration, and apparently the people liked what I had to say.”
“Gloating isn’t very becoming, Governor,” she said.
“That wasn’t gloating, just a simple statement of fact. Now, can we get down to business? I think we agree this issue needs to be addressed promptly. It affects both sides of the aisle. We’ve all got a horse in this race.”
Stern tilted her head away from Mike. “We’ll do what we can. As you said, we’re all under the gun on immigration.”
Mike studied her. That didn’t sound too sincere. Was she already hedging?
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