Rep. McCarthy: Dems Destroyed the Border, We Don’t Have Operational Control Anymore

PERINO: “So how is Capitol Hill dealing with the migrant crisis and what can we expect next year when Republicans take over the House? Well, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is with us here. You invited President Biden to go on a trip with you to the border, a border he has never visited. Here’s his press secretary yesterday, with one of the things he always says about Republicans. Watch here.”
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Jean-Pierre: “And we put the question to Congress, and what what are they going to do here? Republicans are asking, you know, how are we going to secure the border? I’ve listed out on ways that we’ve tried and work — to work on that but we’re also wanting to do this on a bipartisan way. (...) Republicans know how to work with us, so why don’t they work with us on this particular issue that is important to — important to Americans across the country?”
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PERINO: “I’ll let you answer her there.”
McCarthy: “Very clear. They don’t want to work at all. They have destroyed this border. We don’t even have operational control anymore. Think about what your story just portrayed, 1.5 million fentanyl pills in one week. One crossing from 42 different countries. This didn’t use to be this way. And what’s going to happen in one week from now when Title 42 is lifted for — so all your viewers understand what that means — Title 42 simply says when someone enters our country, illegally from another nation, we send them back to their country. When you do that it stops illegal immigration from coming. But this — this administration will not uphold that. There are projections that it would be 13 million more people are going to cross this border illegally in the next two years under the Biden Administration. He won’t even go and tour the border. He’s been in office in more than 40 years and has never been to it. How does he understand what’s going on? The difference is going to happen in 20 days from now on January 3rd. I will move hearings to the border. So these committees and Congress in Washington won’t hold these hearings here. It’ll be at the border. So the Democrats can no longer avoid the situation. They’re going to learn firsthand what is going on.”
HEMMER: “So, they —“
McCarthy: “And the American public has to understand what’s happening there.”