what you just saw is a snapshot of the reality on the ground at the u.s. mexico southern border. it is not political theater. but meanwhile, house speaker kevin mccarthy this week led a congressional delegation of freshman republicans to the border, where there was a lot of fearmongering and a lot of talks about more border security and drugs and fentanyl. but ironically, the trip comes as border crossings actually dipped to the lowest level in the past two years. the white house spokesperson said in a statement, quote, house republicans should spend less time on partisan publicity stunts, and more time working on solutions. with me now to discuss all of this is sergio gonzales. sergio,. . . ! , let s talk about this
Implemented. sergio, i wonder, you said a resounding no when i asked you, are they being loud enough, some form of fear about being sort of painted as inhumane. why? because, in some way, the administration is using stricter policies in the sense, that they are closing the border and going out to cuba, venezuelans, patients and nicaraguans. yes, they are creating more legal pathways. but in a way, that could alienate the more progressive base of the party. is that part of the no? the party needs to lean into what the president ran on in 2020, which was to roll back these hideous and horrible trump policies, things like separating kids from their families, blocking asylum seekers and keeping them in very unsafe and horrible conditions in mexico. this is what the administration ran on. and the president ran on in the place of those trump policies, building a fair, functional and
Republicans are dominating the conversation on the border. last, year in the midterms, we know that the gop spent maybe $100 million or more on ads targeting voters on the issue of immigration, with lines like the great invasion theory, like the great invasion, great replacement theory, trying to scare and divide voters. so, democrats really need to lean in heading into 2024 and, especially this year, we are going to see a lot more of these types of stunts and photo ops at the border, to remind people and the american public that, first of, all this is misinformation. these are lies, this is simply a political stunt that the gop is carrying out to try and rev up their base. and also, democrats stand for real solutions that most americans want to see implemented. sergio, i wonder, you said a resounding no when i asked you, are they being loud enough, some form of fear about being sort of painted as
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