President Biden backed Vice President Kamala Harris Thursday ahead of her trip to the US-Mexico border, telling reporters his besieged second-in-command has “done a great job so far” on the issue despite waiting more than three months to visit the beleaguered region.
“The reason why it’s important that she go down,” Biden added as he left a White House event on infrastructure, “[is] she’s now set up the criteria, having spoken with the president of Mexico and Guatemala [and] visited the region, to know what we need to do.”
Harris is scheduled to visit El Paso Friday alongside Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Lawmakers from both parties have implored Harris to visit the region since Biden tapped her to deal with the “root causes” of the migration crisis back in March.
Following the announcement of Harris’ visit, Republican lawmakers accused the White House of sending her to an area that has been less affected by the crisis than the Rio Grande Valley, approximately 800 miles southeast of El Paso.
“She’s going where the height of the problem isn’t,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told Fox News Wednesday.
“Kamala, you need to go to McAllen. Kamala, you need to go to the Donna tent facility, which is the tent city your administration has built that is massively overcapacity, that has kids in cages,” Cruz added. “You need to look at the children in cages that you and Joe Biden put there in a way that is endangering their safety and subjecting them to abuse and sexual assault.”
Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, whose district covers part of the Rio Grande Valley, told Fox News Thursday that Harris’ advisers had likely opted for a “politically safer” trip by going to El Paso.
“I’m sure her planners told her that if you’re going to go down to the border, go to something that’s safer to go to, that is, politically safer,” Cuellar said. “The epicenter is down there in the Lower Rio Grande, the lower part of my district down there.
Mutual admiration society consisting of the worst two executive politicians in our history.
He didn’t expect to win – but the fix was in!
He didn’t want the ho – but the fix was in!
The country wants neither – we have to wait to fix it legally….!
Hey Joe- Good news! No more left wing liberal NPR drivel on 88.3 FM – it has been turned into a Christian Station. Suck it, liberal baby boomers!
Nooooooooo. Im gonna miss my comedy radio!
Booooo hisss boooo
(snicker snicker)
like two little kids
These Two criminals make America Sick !!!! Get them the Hell out of TRUMP’S Office !!!!
Biden is a horses ass, what the hell has she done but continue her silly giggle. She is not going where the action is and not a damn thing will be done to correct the situation. Under Trump the border was protected and all Biden wants to do is halt everything that Trump did, only because of hate. I continue to listen to the assholes on the left like former Congressman Harold Ford claim it was the most secure election in our history. That he like so many others are blinded by their inability to face the truth. All you have to do is look at what took place in Georgia when counting ballots. Republican’s kicked out of the ballot tally and all of the sudden Biden was ahead after Trump had a big lead. There is now proof that ballots were sent through twice, a fact not fiction. For someone to have stayed in the basement just ask how in the hell can he get more votes than Obama. Rigged for sure!!!!
“The reason why it’s important that she go down,” Biden added
So he was citing her specific expertise?
Mental Biden don’t know where the border is !!!!
Great JOB in his basement !!!! His second Wife !!!!