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Biden says he'll shut down the border if deal gives him authority (www.politico.com)

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The White House statement comes after a week of frantic negotiations in the Senate.

President Joe Biden on Friday urged Congress to pass a bipartisan bill to address the immigration crisis at the nation’s southern border, saying he would shut down the border the day the bill became law.

“What’s been negotiated would — if passed into law — be the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border we’ve ever had in our country,” Biden said in a statement. “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 Friday evening statement resembles a ramping up in rhetoric for the administration, placing the president philosophically in the camp arguing that the border may hit a point where closure is needed. The White House’s decision to have Biden weigh in also speaks to the delicate nature of the dealmaking, and the urgency facing his administration to take action on the border — particularly during an election year, when Republicans have used the issue to rally their base.

The president is also daring Republicans to reject the deal as it faces a make-or-break moment amid GOP fissures.

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[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 66 points 10 months ago

I fucking hate the politics surrounding the border in this country.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 35 points 10 months ago

If you've never seen it, watch an old musical called 'The Music Man.' A con man finds a small town and convinces the locals that their town is on the road to ruin because someone opened up a pool hall. The GOP can find any issue and blow it up. Heck, Obama's suit was a matter of national controversy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama_tan_suit_controversy

https://youtu.be/cbiBx5T2uX0

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 38 points 10 months ago

And Democratic party members who pretend Republicans' bullshit is real and try to meet them in the middle with draconian legislation and dumbass statements like this just make the problem worse

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

Of course, you could donate to Dems like AOC and the Squad.

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Yep, and people trying to primary the shitheads out of our party too

[-] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

Seen how that went with Jessica Cisneros and Henry Cuellar.

The Democratic Party will support an anti-choice, pro-school shooting, anti-labor candidate if his challenger embraces the nightmare scenario of raising the national minimum wage.

[-] quilan@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

"The minute your son leaves the house, does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee? It must be because of the Trans Menace!!"

I could see it in a modern take. With a capital T even!

[-] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

And there's a lot that would fit in great as is, like how that show was doing rap on stage before Hamilton

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