One of the two former officials said Biden is sending a political message but not one that is based in logistical reality.
“You can’t shove back 8,000 migrants a day without the Mexicans’ approval,” the former official said. “What you would create is frantic surges in the weakened parts of the border.”
Vulnerable parts of the border have previously included remote areas of Arizona, such as Lukeville, and Del Rio, Texas, where over 10,000 Haitians massed in 2021, overwhelming the resources of Border Patrol.
Another former official said some Customs and Border Protection rank-and-file agents and officers are upset that Biden would talk about “shutting down” the border because it could lead to more turmoil and not a solution.
“It seems to be strictly political,” the second former official said. “CBP and Border Patrol are pretty upset at this point.”
Biden keeps trying to win over conservatives…
But he never will, he’ll just piss of Democrat voters while making conservatives think this proves they’ve always been right about this issue, and Democrats just lie about it
It seems like everything Biden has done in 2024 depresses Dem turnout and increase Republican turnout
I’m getting big Brewster Millions’ vibes.
Except this time I don’t think they’ll be a big third act reveal
Every Democrat for some reason keeps trying to court Republican voters and i still don’t understand why. You’re trying to cater to the party that is anti-logic. In most cases Democrats outnumber Conservatives. Instead of pushing for ass backwards policy try to get liberals to the voting booth
It ain’t about conservative voters, it’s about conservative donors.
If Dems are rightwing enough, they get donations too.
The DNC is convinced the most important thing is donations. So the spend billions convincing Americans to vote for candidates they disagree with.
If we ran good candidates it wouldn’t take as much money and we wouldn’t need conservative donors.
But without all that money moving around, it’s harder for the people making the decisions to get their slice of it.
Since the DNC is a private organization, there isn’t much we can unless something crazy like Taylor Swift runs for office under a third party and blows the whole system up.
He’s not doing this to win over conservatives, he’s trying to make a deal to keep sending weapons to Ukraine
That’s dumb, he can just go around Congress like he did for Israel
Giving the president the power to shut the border for any reason for the rest of the existence of the United States for a one time aid to a foreign country is so fucking stupid I believe Biden might actually be doing that