Remarks by President Biden on Securing Our Border | The White House
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East Room 2:20 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon.  I’ve come here today to do what the Republicans in Congress refuse to do: take the necessary steps to secure our border.  Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal…

Four months ago, after weeks of intense negotiation between my staff and Democrats and Republicans, we came to a clear — clear bipartisan deal that was the strongest border security agreement in decades. But then Republicans in Congress — not all, but — walked away from it. Why? Because Donald Trump told them to. He told the Republicans — it has been published widely by many of you — that he didn’t want to fix the issue; he wanted to use it to attack me. That’s what he wanted to do. It was a cynical and a – extremely cynical political move and a complete disservice to the American people, who are looking for us to — not to weaponize the border but to fix it.

    • zbyte64@awful.systems
      6·
      7 months ago

      Yeah but this time we surely got’em, right? Maybe if we compromise on voting rights and the Supreme Court they’ll be convinced. If not, let’s keep compromising until that changes.

    • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      Absolutely true.

      The followers must feel humiliated by the ostentatious wealth and force of their enemies. When I was a boy I was taught to think of Englishmen as the five-meal people. They ate more frequently than the poor but sober Italians. Jews are rich and help each other through a secret web of mutual assistance. However, the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak. - Umberto Eco, Ur Fascism, 1995

      They are doing the same thing with Biden. Watch out! The Biden is getting away with massive crimes and using the deep state to take over the country, but at the same time, Biden is a doddering old fool who is too senile to accomplish anything.