Arizona Republican Kari Lake accused Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) of flip-flopping on the border wall during Wednesday night's U.S. Senate debate in the Grand Canyon State. .
Asked whether his opinion on the wall had changed, Gallego, who was a vocal critic of former President Donald Trump's border wall, said he believes “the border wall is important” to security at the southern border. he claimed.
Mr. Gallego tried to portray himself and his background as a moderate, but Mr. Lake brought receipts that revealed his disdain for the border wall when former President Trump was commander in chief.
“I took note of Ruben's exact words. He called it a stupid, stupid border wall,” Lake said.
In fact, Gallego denounced the border wall as “stupid” and “stupid.” business insider reported In 2017.
“He wrote an op-ed on why Trump's wall should never be built. So tonight, we're having an extreme makeover version of Reuben,” she added.
Again, in 2017 Gallego's official Congress page Features An opinion piece titled “Why President Trump's border wall shouldn't be built.” In it, Gallego wrote, “President Trump's border wall is trying to solve a problem that doesn't exist.”
Lake, a former Fox 10 Phoenix news anchor, recalled his time covering the border as a journalist and said President Trump actually delivered border security after empty promises from career politicians.
Remember, I've been covering this state for 27 years. I was at your house all the while, career politicians saying they would secure the border and provide us with border security, but never did until President Trump came along and actually secured the border. I saw that it wasn't there. However, he had to have one hand tied behind his back. Because people like my opponent, who are fighting him every step of the way, won't give a dime to the border wall, because that border wall keeps us safe.
Lake also accused Gallego of touting what Democrats have described as a “bipartisan” border bill and trying to use it as ammunition for debate.
“Thank you for reminding me of that bill, I'm not in favor of it,” Lake quipped. “Because it would codify into law that 5,000 people enter the country illegally every day. That means 5,000 people cross the border illegally every day.”
In fact, the law would allow up to 5,000 illegal border crossings every day, according to Rosemary Jencks of the Immigrant Responsibility Project.
