Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) has criticized President Biden's handling of the border crisis, arguing that it has worsened under his administration. Romney also praised former President Trump's approach to the issue.
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) has criticized President Biden for allowing the border crisis to worsen under his administration, arguing that former President Trump was far better at handling the situation.
In a heated debate with MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle, Romney argued that Biden has not done enough to solve the problem of illegal immigration at the southern border.
"People have been screaming about the border for all three and a half years Joe Biden has been president," Romney said. "He’s not done anything to solve the problem of the border. That’s a huge issue for President Trump, I can’t understand why President Biden didn’t tackle this from the beginning."
Ruhle lamented the political polarization in America and asked Romney how Biden could reunify the country. Romney responded that the key to bringing people together is to tell the truth and address the real challenges facing the nation.
"The way to bring people together is not just to give a good speech," Romney said. "Nice as that is, the way to get people together is to tell them the truth. To let them know what the real challenges are that you’re concerned about and how you’re going to honestly deal with them."
While Romney acknowledged that Biden has achieved some accomplishments, he argued that the border and inflation are key issues that remain unsolved.
"The fact that things cost more than they did before, inflation is still there. People somehow think that the prices are going to go down — no, when you beat inflation prices don’t go down. That would be deflation, they just stabilize, and they’re getting stabilized, but the fact that people are paying more is a real concern," he said.
Romney argued that the border crisis was not a problem when Trump was president.
"When he was president he did a lot of things that sounded pretty ugly, but we didn’t have anywhere near the number of people that have come into the country illegally as we have under President Biden, and that’s something he should have done everything in his power, frankly, take some actions that maybe the courts would have stopped, then he’d have a better argument saying, ‘Hey, Congress needed to act,’ but he never did that," Romney said.
Ruhle argued that Biden has put together a plan to address the border crisis, but it was blocked by Trump. Romney countered that Biden should have taken more aggressive actions.
"As a result the American people are saying, ‘Hey, I want something else,’" Romney said.
