Posted on 02/29/2024 9:08:59 AM PST by Red Badger
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson revealed details Wednesday on Fox News from his one-on-one conversation with President Joe Biden in regards to shutting down the southern border through executive action.
Johnson appeared on “Hannity” to discuss the ongoing border crisis and Congress’ push to find a solution. Fox host Sean Hannity questioned the House Speaker if anything would be “done” to secure Biden’s “wide open borders” as he listed off top concerns from officials over the crisis. Johnson said that while the House previously passed HR2, otherwise known as the Secure Our Border Act, they would continue to “push it.”
“We never stopped working on it. We passed HR-2 almost a year ago now [and] Chuck Schumer has let it sit on the desk collecting dust. We’ll continue to push it – every piece of it, every initiative,” Johnson said. “Because, listen, now the catastrophe is having real-world consequences around the country as you know. Violent crimes, brutal murders – Laken Riley and others. Even in my home state of Louisiana [with] aggravated rape this past week by illegal aliens because Joe Biden is catching them and releasing them into the country. It’s causing an absolute catastrophic effect and it will continue, Sean, sadly. So we have to push.”
“The president has the executive authority to fix it right now,” Johnson continued. “I told him at the White House yesterday, one-on-one, and in the group. I told him, ‘Mr. President, if you just issue an executive order that reinstates remain in Mexico, sir, the border patrol – your agents told us it would reduce the flow by 70%. Almost overnight. Because the message would go out throughout the world, ‘Don’t waste your life savings on a cartel. They’re not going to be able to get you over the line. Stay where you are. Stay in Mexico, stay in a safe third country.’ He won’t do it, Sean. He told me that he didn’t have the authority to do that. I said, ‘That’s just simply not true. President Trump did it, why can’t you do it?’ He said, ‘Oh Mexico doesn’t want that.’ Well, you’re the president of the United States, you should act like it.”
Johnson previously refused to hand out additional foreign aid late last year, saying that the southern border needed to be addressed by lawmakers as well. Months later the Senate proposed a bipartisan bill, however, it was quickly shut down by Republicans to due concerns over legal loopholes and leniencies toward illegal immigrants.
Before GOP senators blocked the bill, Johnson and other Republican congressional lawmakers warned that the legislature would be “dead on arrival” if it made its way to the House. Since the turndown of the bill, lawmakers have yet to propose another solution besides HR2, which was approved by House Republicans last year.
Because the democrat plan is to flood the country with illegals to create a one party system where they rule.
With the RINOS giving the appearance of a opposition..............
Not only is the border wide open, Biden is paying them to cross. He’s giving them benefits while denying them to Americans. The cartels are now in control. And He’s trying his best to hide it from the public.
Don’t cave in, Johnson
Ouch, if he really said it: ’ Well, you’re the president of the United States, you should act like it.”
PRAY for Speaker Johnson!! DON’T GO WOBBLY, MIKE!
I have to give it to Johnson, he is a way better actor that McCarthy ever was.
Yes, Biden can and should do it.
But, we have been hearing about the “border crisis” for almost 20 years now. Biden is the immediate concern, but the overall solution lies with Congress. Why haven’t they done something—anything? Why aren’t the people getting outraged about this?
This points out a much larger issue: Our government has lost the ability to compromise. This “all or nothing” crap is going to be the end of us. This applies to ALL issues, not just the border.
We need to get rid of almost every person in Congress and get some people in there who can get something done.
They would just be replace by carbon copies of the same people................
There is no compromise on border protection. A country either protects its borders, or it doesn’t. The End.
Johnson is filling out nicely, it seems.
*** He said, ‘Oh Mexico doesn’t want that.’ ***
This is what you say when you want to please the leaders and citizens of other countries over the desires of your own citizens.
Fake news.. chip roy who trump says should be primaried is saying it’s already a done deal with Ukraine spendathon and funding federal agencies that hate your way of life.
Primary Roy like Trump says!
Well, then Mexico can tell 'em to stay in xyz-country, wherever they're from.
Did Biden read from notecards only? Previous speaker states he did.
We deserve to know Mr Johnson. Confirm for us this is a circus show and everyone of you are actors.
"‘Why Can’t You Do It?’: Mike Johnson Details Conversation With Biden Over Executive Action To Shut Down Border"
FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument
The media keeps making corrupt Congress's scapegoat Biden look like the main problem with border policy.
Regarding failed Biden Administration border policy, patriots need to ask "Why can't you do it?" in the context of the anti-Trump Congress's scandalous refusal to impeach and remove Biden from office despite an alleged mountain of evidence to do so.
The bottom line is that it's up to Trump's tsunami of Democratic and Republican supporters to immediately primary ALL incumbent lawmakers up for reelection, except for MTG, Gaetz & Company (and others?), replacing them with new Constitution-respecting patriot lawmakers so that hopeful Trump 47 won't be a lame duck president from the first day of his 2nd term in office.
Majority in new poll say Biden, most members of Congress don’t deserve new term: Gallup (2.2.24)
70% of New York voters say Biden not fit to serve another term: poll (2.20.24)
“Compromise is the absence of leadership”
Margaret Thatcher
An admission you can slow it is an admission you can stop it.
It's funny how Congress has only one Constitutionally defined position, and yet it's the self-created positions that are trying to boss around everyone else.
-PJ
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