Scalise: Biden is M.I.A. on the Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) joined Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), and Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Fox News Channel's Hannity. Leader Scalise slammed President Biden for his failure to address the border crisis, highlighting how House Republicans came together to pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, to fix the problem. Leader Scalise also addressed how President Biden shows weakness to our adversaries.
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On President Biden’s border crisis and potential terrorists illegally entering the United States:
“This is alarming. In fact, if you go under President Obama, Jake Johnson, when he was Homeland Security Secretary, said a thousand people coming across was too many. We've got millions that have come across. They can't tell you how many are on the terrorist watch list. Some of the countries you talked about, [people coming] from foreign adversaries, at a time as you see when terror is getting on the rise. This is a major concern.
“It's why we passed H.R. 2, the strongest border security package. This group here came together, passed a strong border security package to fix this problem. [President] Biden didn't want to talk about it.
“But look, this isn't a Republican or Democrat issue – Democrat mayors around the country recognize this is a major problem. They're calling on President Biden to fix this, as well. I think the country has come a long way to recognizing this is one of the top issues, [a] major threat to our national security. [President] Biden's the only one M.I.A. on this.”
On President Biden’s weakness:
“Xi's watching this, the Ayatollah is watching this in Iran, Putin is watching this – is it any surprise they're all moving against our allies right now? They see this weakness.”