On 1/5/2023, Joe Biden spoke at the White House on new “border security” measures before his trip to El Paso on Sunday. Afterward, as he left the room with Harris in tow, CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond called out a question to Biden on whether he was still following the Speaker vote in the House of Representatives. Biden turned to answer but got lost in the middle of his response and asked Harris for help. Harris supplied a word to finish the sentence which Biden then repeated. Jeremy Diamond, “Are you still monitoring the Speaker’s race?”
Joe Biden, “I’m following with great, uh, how do I say it?”
Kamala Harris, “Attention.”
Biden, “Attention.”
Even amid unprecedented border crisis, Joe Biden says he’s “proud of” border czar Kamala Harris, ” the thing that I’m so — presumptive of me to say “proud of” — but proud of the Vice President, she went beyond the United States and contributors to try to get the rest of the world to say, “Look, this makes sense.”
And you know, she got commitments of 3.5, I think?
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Two. Three point two.
THE PRESIDENT: $3.2 billion. And so, there’s a — there’s a lot to be done.
Joe Biden says republicans who campaign on securing the border are “extreme”, “Our problems at the border didn’t arise overnight and they’re not going to be solved overnight. It’s a difficult problem. It’s clear that immigration is a political issue that extreme Republicans are always going to run on. But now they have a choice: They can keep using immigration to try to score political points or they can help solve the problem. They can help solve the problem and come together to fix the broken system.”
Biden said his first day to fix broken immigration system, but blame GOPs, “On my first day in office, some of you may recall, who cover this area — and they cover it well — I sent Congress a comprehensive piece of legislation that would completely overhaul what has been a broken immigration system for a long time: cracking down on illegal immigration; strengthening legal immigration; and protecting DREAMers, those with temporary protected status, and farmworkers, who all are part of the fabric of our nation. But congressional Republicans have refused to consider my comprehensive plan. And they rejected my recent request for an additional $3.5 billion”
A reporter asked Biden, “Mr. President, why did you decide that now is finally the right time to visit the southern border? Republicans have been calling on you to do this since the beginning of your presidency.”
Biden: Because the Republicans haven’t been serious about this at all. Come on. They haven’t been serious about this at all. I wanted to make sure that I knew what the outcome — at least the near outcome was on Title 42 before I went down. We don’t have that yet, so I had to operate — I don’t like Title 42. But it’s the law now, and I have to operate within it … I wanted to make sure there was a rational way in which we could begin to announce it, but I couldn’t wait once the Supreme Court ruled that they’re not going to make the final decision on Title 42 for some time — you know, for another — who knows? Probably not until June — in that range, although I don’t know that for a fact — to be able to lay this out. But, look, Mayorkas is waiting to impress you all, all kidding aside.
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Biden lost response & asked Harris for help, “proud of” border czar Harris, first day to fix but blame GOPs