Joe Biden now doing what he does best — weaseling out of the blame for US border crisis

nypost ^ | 1/29/2024 | miranda devine

[bitt]

For three years, Joe Biden and his repulsive Homeland Security chief, Alejandro Mayorkas, have encouraged the Third World to enter America illegally.

At least 8 million have answered their siren song.

Only now that the sheer numbers of illegal aliens causing mayhem and busting budgets in Democratic cities like New York have become an electoral liability has Biden had an epiphany.

So he is doing what he does best: telling lies to weasel out of blame.

Now he claims he needs Republicans in Congress to give him the “authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed … I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.”

But he already has the authority. He could shut down the border today. He has spent three years lying that the border is “secure” and now he’s lying that he needs new laws to secure it.

He could stop suing Texas to prevent Gov. Greg Abbott from sealing his border with Mexico, for starters.

He signed 94 executive actions in his first 100 days to dismantle Donald Trump-era border protections.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, and it’s worth saying over and over: Trump drove border crossings to record lows while Biden drove them to record highs.

The tragic results of Biden’s deadly open borders policy But in the most astonishing act of political self-harm, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his merry band of never-Trumpers are giving Biden cover for his lies and setting their party up for Democrats to blame for the border disaster, as long as the billions keep flowing to Ukraine. e.

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Joe Biden doesn’t even decide what flavor of pudding he gets with dinner.

It’s the Obama puppeteering team that’s doing the weaseling.

[Freee-dame]

And the Democrats get away with it because of the dishonest media wing of the Democratic party. AKA mainstream media.

[odawg]

Biden can weasel out of responsibility for the border crisis only with permission of the Republicans.

McConnell and Langford are doing their damnedest to help him out.

[Sicon]

But in the most astonishing act of political self-harm, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his merry band of never-Trumpers are giving Biden cover for his lies and setting their party up for Democrats to blame for the border disaster, as long as the billions keep flowing to Ukraine.

This is why the left always wins. The Turtle and most of the rest of the republican’ts are not on our side/team.

[kawhill]

Alligators man. Lots of them in the Rio Grande. A natural floating barrier.

[ridesthemiles]

THAT DOG WON’T HUNT, IMO

[Sequoyah101]

Pretty much. The facility operators have put hundreds of millions into it on the basis of assurances it would be let alone. Nope.

This facility has been at Freeport, Texas for years. It has had a very rough start and was idle for a long time. I don't know what other plants are impacted. I'm betting all of them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeport_LNG

Meanwhile, the administration demands that methane emissions and flaring be ended. Without a market for the gas oil production could be cut drastically.

Everything these clowns do is a disaster for the US.

[Vaduz]

He can’t weasel out of the blame for US border crisis because if it weren’t for Biden they wouldn’t be here he owns it.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with you.

[StAnDeliver]

Not when you dig into the polling internals. TrumpII is exclusively the winner in "Who is better capable at handling (the migras invasiones)?", as well as economy, inflation, energy independence ...

[Liz]

Conservatives are so unreasonable.

Sure Biden was non compis mentis ......but that was BEFORE his 2024 reelection campaign began.

Get with it guys.

Candidate Biden is now a “trusted beacon of Democrat leadership.”

[DoughtyOne]

Absolutely! /s

“:^)