During a visit to the southern border of Texas on Thursday, President Biden referenced the devastating wildfires in the state’s Panhandle and Oklahoma, then began his remarks by calling climate change deniers “Neanderthals.” .
Speaking in the border city of Brownsville, Biden first addressed the ongoing wildfires that have ravaged parts of Texas, destroying more than 1 million acres.
“I’ve flown over these wildfires many times since I became president,” Biden said. “More land was burned, and all the vegetation was gone, more square feet than the entire state of Maryland.”
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President Joe Biden will speak Thursday during a visit to the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, as Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“The idea that climate change doesn’t exist. I love that,” he added. “I love my Neanderthal friends who still think climate change doesn’t exist.”
Mr. Biden did not mention the Republican Party, but he has criticized the Republican Party in the past by disagreeing with the issue of global warming. When the National Climate Assessment detailing the impacts of climate change was released in November 2023, Biden slammed his party.
“Those who willfully deny the effects of climate change are forcing Americans into a very dangerous future,” he said at the time. It’s going to cost a lot,” he said. “None of this is inevitable.”
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Border Patrol agents watch as President Biden speaks during a visit to the southern border in Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
After brief remarks on climate change, he further criticized Congress for failing to pass bipartisan border legislation.
“This bill was on the verge of passing, but public politics stalled it,” he said. “America needs to reconsider this bill, and senators who oppose it need to put politics aside and pass the bill on its merits.”
“Republican and Democratic majorities in both chambers support this bill until someone says, ‘Don’t do that. It’s going to benefit the incumbent,'” Biden added. “It’s an outrageous way to do business in America on a problem this serious.
President Joe Biden (center) travels to the southern border on Thursday with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner Peter Flores (right), U.S. Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens, and U.S. Border Patrol Division Chief Gloria Chavez. Look around. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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He asked former President Trump to “join me” in urging Congress to pass a border security bill.
Earlier, Biden visited the Rio Grande and received briefings from homeland security officials. Meanwhile, Trump also visited the border, about 300 miles from his successor in Eagle Pass, Texas.
President Trump said of the border crisis: “This is Joe Biden’s invasion.”
