Reply With QuoteThe surge at the border – Trump's fault
Woe to us in the true political middle that must watch our country torn asunder by the political posturing of both Democrats and Republicans to gain votes at the expense of the best interests of America. Worse yet is to have to read or listen to the twaddle coming from the liberal mainstream media in defense of Biden.
Even when the Dems screw up, Trump will become the fall guy and the country’s best interest will not be served.
In an opinion piece written today by Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson encouraged Biden to go big in protecting the sheltered children at the border for both humanitarian and political reasons. The migrant surge at the border is both predictable and Biden needs to do the right thing.
Robinson writes: “It should surprise no one that asylum seekers and others clamoring for entry into the United States would think they have a better chance of success now that racism, xenophobia and deliberate cruelty are no longer official U.S. policy. It is only logical that increased numbers would present themselves at the border or try to make their way into the country without permission.”
It was Trump’s racist, xenophobic and deliberate cruelty policies that kept illegal entry at bay and Biden’s open border / no deportation policies had nothing to do with the now called ‘humanitarian crisis’. Biden inherited this mess is the new Dem cry.
To counteract any false sense that Biden had anything to do with the crisis and thereby giving the Republicans traction on the surge cause, Robinson writes: President Joe Biden and his team need to neutralize this political ploy before it gains traction. That means the administration must act swiftly and decisively to get these children to people who love them – while remaining true to its stated values of compassion and respect for all who seek to come to the United States in search of safety and opportunity.
According to Robinson, “the children are being housed in such grim conditions, on average, for 107 hours – much longer than the 72-hour legal limit. Despite what some Republicans may claim, children are not being held in cages like they were during the Trump administration. Most importantly, they are not being forcibly separated from their parents”.
While Robinson goes on to write that capacity is an issue because of Covid, he fails to mention the percentage of illegals testing positive for Covid, not getting vaccinated or quarantined, and released throughout the country on busses.
He mentions that many of the these “unaccompanied” minors actually were accompanied when they crossed the border, but by their grandparents, aunts, uncles or older siblings – not their parents. No mention of trafficking, cartels, coyote smuggling, etc.
While advocating for Biden to go big on the border for the children’s’ sake, Robinson closes with: “As a matter of politics, it is unwise for Biden to give Republicans fodder for demagoguery about a supposed border “crisis.”
Supposed border ‘crisis’? Republic demagoguery? Mr. Biden, how is this building America better?
Stuck in the middle with claptrap coming from both political parties and media ‘yellow journalism’.
Originally Posted by Lee Chowaniec
