Trump praises collapse of bipartisan border deal: ‘I think it’s dead’

Former President Trump on Friday praised the lapse in the bipartisan border agreement and credited him with helping pass the bill, which took months to negotiate.

President Trump argued before the bill was announced last Sunday that passing the bill would be a political victory for President Biden in an election-year matchup in which both men are likely to emerge as candidates for their respective parties. He urged Republicans to vote no.

In remarks Friday to members of the National Rifle Association in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the former president expressed his joy at helping defeat the bill.

In his speech, President Trump said, “They’re making millions of dollars on this deal, this deal, because they’re funding illegal lawyers with tax dollars, and by the way, we killed it.” Stated. Highlighted by Mediaitewhich could refer to a measure in the bill that would provide immigration attorneys to unaccompanied children under 13.

“I think we killed it. I think it’s dead! But you can never say that because they’re making a lot of money on bad money and bad money always comes back,” he added. “But they are giving millions and tens of millions of dollars to lawyers to represent illegal immigrants coming into our country. It’s unbelievable.”

Some Senate Republicans objected to Trump’s encouragement of the process of watering down the bill, but House Republican leaders said the bill was backed by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Kirsten Sens. He said it was negotiated by Sen. Sinema (Ariz.) and Sen. James Lankford. (R-Okla.) – Already “dead on arrival.”

The bill’s rejection comes after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said earlier this week that the deal would crack down on the massive flow of migrants across the border and would likely be the first step in immigration reform in recent years. This comes after he claimed that it would be his last chance.

But it faced significant political headwinds from President Trump. President Trump called on Republican lawmakers to reject any deal that doesn’t give them “everything” they want.

Republicans withdrew from the package on Tuesday, mocking the bill-writing process and criticizing a provision that they said would allow 5,000 immigrants into the country each day. The issue ultimately failed to refute Republican negotiators.