Ben Domenech on 'Kilmeade Show': GOP candidates need to focus on the border and crime

Ben Domenech explains that Republicans need to focus on crime and the crisis on the border and not just economic issues if they want to win midterm elections.

BEN DOMENECH: The amount of gaslighting and wish casting that is going on in Washington right now will amaze you. They just pretend as if things are okay and they clearly aren't. Think about it this way: when you are trying to spin that catching all of this fentanyl or having this many encounters is a good thing, what you are obviously saying is the numbers are up so high that we are able to get this much. Figure out all the people they are letting through, think about all the drugs that they're letting through the border. This is indicative of the fact that they do not have the resources necessary in order to have the kind of security that Americans deserve. I will say one thing that I think really needs to be heard by Republican candidates across the country: the border and crime are issues that they need to be talking about more because those are the kinds of things that concern independent voters. Look, you can't just rest on the laurels of bad inflation numbers and a bad economy. You got to lean into this stuff and start talking about it and you have to start laying out what you will do if you take back Congress. 

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