The Malignant Loser would like nothing better than to sabotage the teetering bipartisan border deal being negotiated in the Senate. He wants his racist, red meat immigration issue back for the 2024 elections and to deny President Biden a compromise win at the expense of addressing an emergency. An added bonus for the Malignant Loser is to make his ally Putin's job easier in Ukraine by withholding aid to the brave Ukrainians, aid which MAGA Republicans cynically have tied to a border bill (along with aid to Israel).
In a response to MAGA obstruction, President Biden stated yesterday that the proposed Senate deal would allow him to shut the border down when the situation became overwhelming, calling their bluff:
“It would give me, as President, a new emergency authority to shut down the border when it becomes overwhelmed. And if given that authority, I would use it the day I sign the bill into law.”
Biden's position reflects concern expressed by key Democratic legislators and big city mayors who have been absorbing large influxes of immigrants, often bused there by posturing MAGA governors like the vile Governors Greg Abbott of Texas and Ron "Bootsie" DeSantis of Florida. The Malignant Loser's sabotage was publicized widely, making it dangerous for MAGAts to claim bad faith by the White House and Dems. By showing that he's ready to take action on the border immediately with the authority of new legislation, Biden has put the ball back in the MAGA Republican's court to do something other than obstruct for the benefit of their cult leader, who wants to sow his usual chaos.
(photo: Biden at border in El Paso, Texas, January, 2023. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)
