Texas Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne criticized CNN anchor Brianna Keilar’s handling of their interview on the border crisis, accusing Keilar of making outlandish statements and not allowing her to respond.
Van Duyne argued that Mexican cartels are responsible for the fentanyl crisis, leading to overdoses and crimes in the U.S.
Rep. Van Duyne said, “I’m happy to debate, but it didn’t seem as if she wanted to debate, it seemed like she wanted to lecture.”
“She invited me on the show. If she didn’t want to have a debate or conversation next time just put my picture up and don’t waste my time,” she continued.
“You brought up the question. I just want to make sure we’re responding,” exclaimed Van Duyne during the interview.
“She wanted to throw out some outlandish statements and then expected me not to respond back, didn’t even want to give me the time to respond back,” explained the lawmaker.
“We started talking about some of the crime that was being created in these cities, the people who are here illegally that are committing rapes, that are committing murders, that are killing families through DUIs,” listed Van Duyne.
“Again, her point, was not on having those people here, it was specifically, ‘Well don’t you know that more Americans commit crimes than illegal immigrants?’ And that seemed to be her argument, which was just shocking to me,” confessed the Texas Republican.
Van Duyne said, “And they will tell you that when they’re looking at fentanyl, fentanyl deaths, sex trafficking, gang activities and violent crimes, they will tell you that there are up in all of those categories, and up in some cases by triple digits. When they’re looking at the amount of fentanyl that they have come in contact with, the number of overdoses that they have seen, those are up in some cases, over 1,000%.”
“We don’t know who’s in our country. We don’t know where they’re from. We don’t know if they want to do us harm. But those are the policies that have been instilled by this administration, and they’ve completely ignored the policies that were working before, such as the Remain in Mexico policy and Title 42,” concluded Van Duyne.
She highlighted the surge in violent crimes and fentanyl overdoses, attributing them to the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for exacerbating the border crisis.
Most Popular:
Cause of Death Released For ‘Rocky’ Movie Star
Supreme Court Audio Suggests Trump Case Is Doomed
