House Speaker Mike Johnson (R) on Wednesday repeatedly fact-checked CNN anchor Jake Tapper for shifting blame from President Joe Biden for the border crisis.
Biden visits border
Prime Minister Johnson and dozens of House Republicans traveled to the southern border on Wednesday to witness the crisis firsthand. In an interview with Tapper, Mr. Johnson insisted that Mr. Biden visit the border, and that's where the defense began.
“I think he went last year. FYI, I think he went last year too,” Tapper claimed.
“Well, he went to a photo shoot,” Johnson corrected. “He should come here and spend a few days just like we have to be with the people on the ground fighting this war on the border, and that's effectively what it is.”
national security concerns
The speakers then commented on the number of immigrants who have entered the United States under the Biden administration (at least 7 million) and why this is a national security concern. Hundreds of them were on terrorist watch lists. Tapper responded with more defensive rhetoric.
“We don't have hundreds of known terrorists entering this country, we have people whose identities are recorded in certain databases, but we have 200 Hamas members entering this country and we I just don't want people to think I didn't do that.'' I don't know about that either,'' Tapper said. “I'm not saying it's not serious, I'm just saying they're not necessarily terrorists.”
“That's a terrorist watch list, Jake. It takes a long time to make that list, I understand,” Johnson retorted. “These are dangerous people coming into this country.”
That was the melody of the whole interview.
Responding to Johnson's concerns about terrorists and criminals, Tapper argued that such individuals are still entering the United States under Republican administrations.
policy reform
When the interview turned to immigration reform, Tapper insisted that “it always comes down to the House Republicans and what they're willing to accept,” and Johnson talked about how Biden is failing Americans on immigration. I ignored his point.
“We can close the border. We could do it overnight. The president has existing authority to do that under existing federal law, and the president has refused to do that,” Johnson said. Ta.
“The argument is that there are limits to what a president can do, and even President Donald Trump could not close the border,” Tapper countered. “It's really up to Congress.” .
additional packages
Finally, Tapper asked Johnson: $14 billion additional spending package For the border. He claimed Border Patrol agents wanted the money to “make their job a little bit easier over the next month.”
“No, actually not,” Johnson corrected. “I just talked to the deputy chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, and he said we don't need any more buckets. In other words, we don't need more personnel to handle the flow. It needs to stop. That’s what it is.’ We’re talking.
“This is not about sending more money here. It's about changing policy, and the White House doesn't seem to understand that,” the chairman explained.
Tapper predictably responded, “Not even President Trump could turn off the faucet.”
“Well, he broke the flow,” Johnson retorted, referring several times to Trump's “Remain in Mexico” policy and his decision to end “catch-and-release.”
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