Posted on 02/09/2023 11:18:42 AM PST by Red Badger
Former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) let President Joe Biden have it over the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, saying on Wednesday that he had been wrong to dramatically change border policy without having a good plan in place to mitigate the potential fallout of those changes.
Cuomo made the comments during the most recent episode of his podcast — “As a Matter of Fact …” — and he even went so far as to say that “the southern states were right” when they warned Biden not to dismantle the policies left in place by former President Donald Trump and the last administration.
“It was a mistake for President Biden to open the border without having a plan to handle the tremendous flow of people,” Cuomo explained, adding, “President Biden had said he would do it in the campaign — but you can’t change a policy unless you have the program in place to manage the change.”
Cuomo’s criticism was not necessarily an attack on the Biden administration’s goals with regard to immigration reform — but rather, he argued that Biden’s team had made it clear that they either did not anticipate or failed to mitigate the “consequences of enacting those promises” that he had made during the campaign.
The disgraced former governor had equal criticism for the border states who had responded to the crisis by busing illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, but he did acknowledge that Biden’s border policies had created an unnecessary hardship for them.
“The southern states were right that opening the border created a tremendous hardship for them to handle. They were right that the federal government was not prepared,” he said, adding, “This is a federal problem. Immigration is a federal responsibility. … The border is not just the gateway for people, but for drugs. This is on top of a homeless problem that had already strained resources in urban areas.”
Cuomo went on to say that his successor, Governor Kathy Hochul (D-NY) should have stepped in to assist when immigrants were bused into New York City — rather than leaving Mayor Eric Adams to handle the situation on his own — and appeared to throw support behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ plan to funnel investments into Central American businesses in an effort to stem the flow of illegal immigration at one of its sources.
The “Southern States”?
It’s an assault on the entire nation! Every state that has received these people has objected as have all the ultra-liberal enclaves like NYC and Martha’s Vineyard.
It’s FAR FAR bigger than the “Southern States.”
We’ve been righter longer.....................😉
Enoch Powell was right.
It ain’t the first time they were right.
That and 5 bucks still gets you a coffee at Starbucks.
“investing in some of the Central American countries...”
We tried that. The problem is political instability. Unless you want to go back to the good old days when the CIA and the United Fruit Company had a free hand to stop revolutions by any means necessary. Otherwise, nobody is going to invest much in a region where every 10 years or so they flip the Monopoly board and scatter the pieces everywhere.
Only because illegals have been shipped to NY does he care
It is to late. The Chicoms own the place now.
The largest place for Chicom intelligence assets outside of Red China is Mexico City.
Cuomo is posturing to run for President. Ignore him. He doesn’t really care about the border, he’s just gathering polling data.
Wouldn’t it be more likely that he wants Biden out of the way for 2024?
We usually are.
me too
States Rights!
it’s just skeeerd the head ny in charge will buss some of them to his neck of the woods...
It does whether Cuomo admits it or not.
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