Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake criticized President Joe Biden and Democrats for creating the border crisis through policy changes, emphasizing that Biden could address the issue without new legislation by reverting to previous executive orders.
Lake said, “And Matt, it was on day one that I’m sure you remember, and your listeners as well, that Joe Biden came in and reversed the incredible border policies that President Trump had in place that were working here in Arizona.
“We’ve never seen it more secure in Arizona than under President Trump, that border. It was very tight. It was pretty much closed down as best as we could. We were working on building the wall, and then Joe Biden reversed all those policies and opened it up and has done nothing to get it secure again. As a matter of fact, everything they have done has just made the problem worse,” emphasized the Arizona Republican.
“Go back to those executive orders – the laws that are already there – and secure the border,” demanded Lake.
“President Trump could do this in a week or less but this is a … problem that was created by design by Joe Biden and the Democrats. And I hate to constantly do that and say, ‘Oh, it’s Joe Biden’s fault,’ but it is,” she continued.
She highlighted the negative impact of Biden’s policies and the need to secure the border.
Lake argued, “They love to have the problem, and then they go back to D.C. and drum up billions of dollars to throw at the symptoms of the problem, but they never want to fix the problem.”
“And I think that’s one of the reasons they hated President Trump: because he said, ‘Look at all these problems we have. We don’t need to have these problems for 20 years. We can fix them right now.’ And he showed us how to do it with that border. And they want the border open so they can throw $100 million here, $50 million there, another $1 million here into all of these different various programs to help process people and deal with the disaster that they’ve created,” explained Lake.
House Speaker Mike Johnson expressed strong opposition to the pro-migration border bill, stating that it would be “dead on arrival” if it reached the House.
Senate Republicans, including Sen. Steve Daines and Sen. John Cornyn, have voiced concerns about the bill, citing issues with border security and provisions for illegal immigrants.
Sen. Daines wrote, “I can’t support a bill that doesn’t secure the border, provides taxpayer funded lawyers to illegal immigrants and gives billions to radical open borders groups.”
Sen. John Cornyn said, “Now that I have seen text, I have questions and serious concerns.”
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