Shut the Border or Shut the Government

RealClear Politics ^ | 15 Jan, 2024 | Frank Miele

[MtnClimber]

When House Speaker Mike Johnson and 60 GOP members of Congress went to Eagle Pass, Texas, recently for a photo-op, they were probably shocked that the first question they were asked was for a show of hands of those who would shut down the government if President Biden doesn’t shut the border.

You see, that question actually frames unrestricted immigration at the southern border as the existential national crisis which it is. No wonder Texas Republican Rep. Pat Fallon lost it and immediately shouted, “We’re not gonna do ‘show of hands.’ We’re not in a classroom. We’re not doing ‘show of hands.’”

No, of course not. It’s much easier to shut down a reporter seeking the truth than it is to shut down the border and save the country.

The “show of hands” question came from Ben Bergquam of Real America’s Voice, one of the few journalists who has reported the hard realities about the border crisis on a near daily basis for years. He has followed migrants from the dangerous Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama all the way up the cartel corridor through Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico. If you watch his reporting, you will know this is not an innocent caravan of asylum seekers; it is an invasion, plain and simple. He asks each immigrant two questions: Where are you from and where are you going? They are from across the globe, not just Central or South America. Yes, there are plenty from Venezuela, but just as many from Somalia, Egypt, West Africa, or China. And most of them are military age men. They aren’t escaping from persecution or violence; they are coming to America for jobs – and for benefits – and ultimately to drain our country of resources.

[piytar]

Can we do both please?

[rktman]

“Gee, it really is bad!”. Some folks have been reminding them for years how it’s a freakin’ nightmare. Results? Yada yada yada........ Where’s grrrrrreta whining about the environmental toll? Crickets......

[Go_Raiders]

Exactamundo!

[mo]

ya haven’t a country if you’re not capable of controlling its borders

[Liz]

They want us to think they are an innocent caravan of “asylum seekers:”
<><>they traveled thousands of dangerous miles over unpaved roads
<><>their shoes are spotlessly clean
<><>they are neat, clean, well-dressed, well-fed, and hydrated
<><>they’re from Central and South America, Guatemala, Venezuela,Mexico, Peru, etc
<><>many trekked from Somalia, Egypt, West Africa, and China
<><>most of them are military age men
<><>they aren’t escaping persecution or violence;
<><>they are here to take jobs from Americans
<><>to drain our country of its resources.
<><>to become a dedicated voting bloc
<><>to advance the hidden political agendas of their homelands.

[TBP]

We can live quite well without about 98% of the government.

[John S Mosby]

Yes, they are to come to the US, join the US military as an entire section of separate orders 5th columns internal to the US to be empowered to enact Martial Law. As defined by Webster’s “when civilian authority has broken down”... or, RATHER when it has been BROKEN down by Marxists.

Their model is the Bolshevik revolution, lest we forget. During WWI there were mutinies against the Russian loyal military commanders- the number one target of infiltrators into the mobilized Russian army. One template that has been examined. Cannot be allowed to happen. But clearly, obamaumao stated several times the US needed another “law enforcement” branch not the FBI or military or other” that should have as much power as the military. IOW his idea of the NKVD/KGB full branches of the Soviet government the Bolshies set up.

[Pearfect]

SHUT BOTH.