Posted on 06/21/2021 9:00:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
More than 50 House GOP lawmakers called on President Joe Biden to relieve Vice President Kamala Harris of her duties in handling the U.S.–Mexico border crisis.
The Republicans, as they have done for months, noted that Harris hasn’t yet visited the border amid a surge in illegal immigration. Some Democratic lawmakers who represent areas along the border have also called on the vice president to take more action, including a visit to the area.
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) and 55 other Republicans in the House demanded Harris’s removal from her border assignment, citing recent Customs and Border Protection data that shows that 180,000 people were apprehended last month after crossing the border illegally.
“Despite being in the midst of a border crisis this country has not seen in two decades, Vice President Harris has not yet shown adequate interest in observing this crisis first-hand,” the lawmakers wrote in their letter. “In the 85 days since the Vice President has been tasked with solving this crisis, she has yet to visit the border and meet with Border Patrol agents, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials, and local law enforcement officials.”
Harris has defended not going to the border and said she will visit the border sometime in the future.
When she visited Mexico and Guatemala this month, Harris said that the “root causes” of the illegal immigration problem should be addressed. However, her explanation to reporters in Mexico about why she hasn’t visited the border yet overshadowed her trip, saying that the White House is aiming to boost economic development in the region.
She told reporters: “It would be very easy to say, ‘We’ll travel to one place, and therefore it’s solved.’ I don’t think anybody thinks that that would be the solution.”
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Dimwits chasing butterflies instead of doing their jobs.
56 idiots. Let her and the Biden Admin OWN this abject disaster. Why give them a possible way out or the opportunity to substitute a lower profile (sacrificial lamb) scapegoat? When your enemy is digging their own grave you do not interfere!
Waste of time-showboating.
Careful guys, you might get accused of being racist to a not-really-black woman!
CC
An imposter urged to replace another imposter. Whatever!
Getting the border back open was why both parties colluded to cheat Trump out.
Kamalala is doing exactly what she is supposed to do about the border.
Nothing.
The strongly worded letter is the most potent weapon wielded by Republican members of Congress. It seems almost weekly my GOP Congressman or Senator proudly conveys the essence of a strongly worded letter sent to a Democrat leader or senior bureaucrat. This is the only evidence I see of any effort to advance the conservative agenda. I am supposed to applaud the performance, reward him or her with my vote on Election Day, and forget the elegant prose accomplishes nothing.
Words are turds and most GOP politicians are experts at emitting both.
Canadian leaders now want 75% of Canadians fully-vaccinated to open border
Families separated by a bridge want answers from Biden, Trudeau
What in Hades is Deep State up to?!
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