RNC releases video series zeroing in on border crisis, calls Biden the ‘root cause’

The Republican National Committee (RNC) is launching the first in a video series that zeroes in on the ongoing crisis at the southern border, and the Biden administration's handling of it.

"Plain and simple: Joe Biden is the root cause of the pain and suffering on the border. Biden and ‘border czar’ Kamala Harris’ failures have put our law enforcement officials in harm’s way, leaving them to defend an open border with drugs, human trafficking, and crime surging," RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. "Every community is a border community under Biden, as drugs and crime move across the country."

The Biden administration has blamed the surge, which saw multiple months of more than 200,000 encounters last year, on root causes in Central America like poverty, violence and climate change. It has also blamed the Trump administration’s ending of legal asylum pathways. But officials have warned that the root cause strategy will take time to be successful.