Marsha Blackburn hits back at 'misinformed' White House official blaming GOP for blocking border funding
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Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., responds to statements from John Kirby that the GOP is partly responsible for the ongoing southern border crisis.
MARSHA BLACKBURN: I think Mr. Kirby is misinformed on this. He might want to do a quick check. Republicans have supported giving the Border Patrol what they specifically ask for about 30 years, which is a permanent barrier. And then in places where you cannot have a barrier, give them the technology that is necessary to surveil that border. Also, give them more agents and officers to handle the influx that they're seeing right now. But getting that wall up or a barrier up, having Remain in Mexico, not allowing this open border, not pretending that the border is secure when it is not, which is what this administration is doing. What this does is cause people to look at it and say, look, you've lost your moral authority on this issue because these people coming across this border are being subjected to drugs, to sex trafficking. They're physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. And you don't care about that. And when Joe Biden seems to say, well, we're doing them a favor by keeping the border open, no, you're not. You're ruining a lot of lives.
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