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President Joe Biden had the chutzpah Tuesday to claim former President Donald Trump and his “MAGA” GOP supporters in Congress should bear the blame if the border crisis, created by the current administration, continues.
Biden pointed to Trump’s opposition to a proposed $118 billion national security bill that includes, according to The Washington Post, $60 billion in funding for Ukraine and $14 billion for Israel, $20 billion in the U.S. border funds among other priorities.
In a speech from the White House Tuesday, Biden said that all indications are the bill will not move forward in the Senate because Republicans oppose it in its present form.
“Why? A simple reason: Donald Trump,” Biden asserted. “Because Donald Trump thinks it’s bad for him politically. Therefore, he doesn’t — even though it would help the — the country, he’s not for it. He’d rather weaponize this issue than actually solve it.
“I’m calling on Congress to pass this bill and get it to my desk immediately,” the president added. “But if the bill fails, I want to be absolutely clear about something: The American people are going to know why it failed.”
“Every day between now and November, the American people are going to know that the only reason the border is not secure is Donald Trump and his MAGA Republican friends,” Biden said.
Well, that just doesn’t square with reality.
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