On Thursday's broadcast of MSNBC's “All In,” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) said that the border is expected to “comply with this country's long-standing obligation to help people fleeing persecution.” '' was criticized for abandoning it. He also criticized Republicans who opposed the border deal.
Host Chris Hayes said: “The only reason these two things come together is because it was a gamble to try to get a vote in the House of Commons. Johnson didn't want to bring up the Ukraine vote and he didn't want the cost of it. Because I am,” he said. . Basically, they asked for a fee. We'll vote to help Ukraine and if you bring us a border bill, we'll just let it come up. So they negotiated and now they have a border bill. Now, here are these strange packages – I agree with you – why are they linked? exploded. ”
Mr Porter replied: “When people say we should have bipartisanship, we should work together, I don't think they're talking about this kind of naked political influence over each other. It's like completely abandoning something: helping people who are fleeing persecution in order to do something else: defending the position of our country in terms of democracy and defending Ukraine from invasion. It is the eternal duty of this country to , and then making last-minute concessions. This is not what this deal is about.”
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