The border crisis in 100% Joe Biden’s fault. You can argue that congressional Democrats have a hand in it. You can point to feckless policies by governments in border states. But at the end of the day the reason that we are experiencing the worst invasion of illegal aliens that our country has ever seen is because the Biden-Harris regime has opened the borders.
They can claim they haven’t. They would be lying if they did. Every aspect of their border policy encourages illegal aliens to cross. Everything they’ve done to remove border security has worsened the flow of drugs and other illegal merchandise. They have harmed this nation immeasurably, all the while putting innocent children in danger as they’re raped and trafficked throughout their journey to the border.
Knowing all this, here’s how Biden framed the border situation during his Tuesday night State of the Union speech:
WATCH: Republicans yell 'Border,' and 'It's your fault,' when Biden mentions fentanyl crisis. pic.twitter.com/0G3WCYe1o3
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) February 8, 2023
Republicans were right to object to his feckless statements. They needed those who were watching the SOTU, which was far fewer than one might expect, to hear their objections to his gaslighting attempt. For Biden or anyone in his administration to even mention the border without begging for forgiveness is beyond disingenuous. It’s a statement of contempt towards Americans.
For anyone to hear anything about the border, whether it’s about the massive influx of illegal aliens or the child-killing fentanyl flooding across, and not blame the Biden-Harris regime completely is to declare their stupidity. Only the indoctrinated partisans or legitimately unintelligent people could see what’s happening and not come to the undeniable conclusion that this is Biden’s fault.
On today’s episode of The JD Rucker Show, I talked about the border portion of the State of the Union speech, including discussion of this article by Virginia Allen at Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/02/07/fact-check-biden-touts-southern-border-success-during-state-of-union/
FACT CHECK: Biden Touts Success at Southern Border During State of Union Speech
President Joe Biden touted his policies at the southern border Tuesday night during his second State of the Union address.
“We now have a record number of personnel working to secure the border, arresting 8,000 human smugglers and seizing over 23,000 pounds of fentanyl in just the last several months,” Biden said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that it seized just over 14,000 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2022, which ended Sept. 30, and more than 7,000 pounds between October and the end of December.
In February, CBP reported a large drug seizure in the San Diego sector, including “blue pills” that contained “fentanyl with a total weight of 250 pounds with an estimated street value of $3,412,000.”
Under President Donald Trump in fiscal year 2018, Customs and Border Protection reported seizing 2,135 pounds of fentanyl. And in 2020, it seized nearly 5,000 pounds of the lethal drug.
“Most illicit fentanyl today is manufactured in Mexico and brought across our southern border,” Lora Ries, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, and Virginia Krieger,
president of Lost Voices of Fentanyl, recently wrote. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s multimedia news organization.)
“But the Biden administration and the Left remain fully committed to their open border policies—even though opioids, largely fentanyl, are now the No. 1 killer of Americans aged 18-45 years old,” Krieger and Ries wrote.
The increase in the amount of fentanyl flooding into America is accompanied by a record number of illegal migrants crossing the southern border. Fiscal year 2022 saw 2.76 million illegal immigrant border crossings.
Biden drew groans and jeers from some Republican lawmakers Tuesday night when he said at another point: “America’s border problems won’t be fixed until Congress acts. If you won’t pass my comprehensive immigration reform, at least pass my plan to provide the equipment and officers to secure the border.”
Ron Vitiello, former director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, told The Daily Signal on Monday that agents are overwhelmed by the border crisis. Vitiello said there is a mental health crisis among Border Patrol agents because of the stress and frustration caused by the Biden administration’s “self-inflicted crisis” at the southern border.
Former Acting ICE Director Ron Vitiello says there is a mental health crisis among the border patrol because of the stress and frustration caused by the Biden administration's "self-inflicted crisis" at the southern border. pic.twitter.com/sTHQRZkZVx
— Virginia Allen (@Virginia_Allen5) February 6, 2023
In response to the border crisis, Biden outlined a plan in January to limit the number of illegal immigrants crossing into America. The plan aims at limiting unlawful migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Venezuela to 30,000 per month.
“Since we launched our new border plan last month, unlawful migration from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela has come down 97%,” Biden said during his speech Tuesday night.
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With a record number of encounters at the border and fentanyl flowing across, Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation, said in a recent statement:
Congress needs to hold Joe Biden, [Homeland Secretary] Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas, and everyone else responsible for this travesty accountable for what they’ve done to this nation.
This administration’s policies are dangerous and inhumane, and the new majority in Congress better get serious about doing something to stop them. We are quickly running out of time to fix this—act now, show some spine, or demonstrate that you care about border security to the same extent the Left does.
Alternative Video Sources:
The Most Infuriating Part of Benedict Biden's SOTU Speech Relies on Americans Being Stupid https://t.co/crg1ySS3LV
— JD Rucker (@JDRucker) February 8, 2023
Independent Journalism Is Dying
Ever since President Trump’s miraculous victory, we’ve heard an incessant drumbeat about how legacy media is dying. This is true. The people have awakened to the reality that they’re being lied to by the self-proclaimed “Arbiters of Truth” for the sake of political expediency, corporate self-protection, and globalist ambitions.
But even as independent journalism rises to fill the void left by legacy media, there is still a huge challenge. Those at the top of independent media like Joe Rogan, Dan Bongino, and Tucker Carlson are thriving and rightly so. They have earned their audience and the financial rewards that come from it. They’ve taken risks and worked hard to get to where they are.
For “the rest of us,” legacy media and their proxies are making it exceptionally difficult to survive, let alone thrive. They still have a stranglehold over the “fact checkers” who have a dramatic impact on readership and viewership. YouTube, Facebook, and Google still stifle us. The freer speech platforms like Rumble and 𝕏 can only reward so many of their popular content creators. For independent journalists on the outside looking in, our only recourse is to rely on affiliates and sponsors.
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Thank you and God Bless,
JD Rucker
“No amount of evidence will persuade an idiot.” Mark Twain
Sadly the majority of our citizens are stupid enough to believe the lies. It starts with public education and propaganda by the leftist media and the vast majority accept it.
Unfortunately, there’s no shortage of stupid people nowadays.
The truth is that overdoses from fentanyl skyrocketed under Trump (click on the Figure 2 table at the link below). This is not surprising if you know that the omnibus bills he signed expanded Catch and Release, making the wall that never got finished pointless.
https://nida.nih.gov/research-topics/trends-statistics/overdose-death-rates
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/03/23/omnibus-spending-bill-allows-more-illegal-aliens-to-be-released-into-u-s-through-catch-and-release/
https://www.theblaze.com/conservative-review/5-insane-provisions-amnesty-omnibus-bill
All media, including the MSM and alt media, exist to keep the people uninformed. If you look at actions, you’ll see that the only difference between the King of Vaccines and Xiden is in the messaging, and the media (all of it) exists only to prop up the illusion.
To paraphrase the late H. L. Mencken: Never underestimate the stupidity of your average lying thieving democrat imbecile supporter.
I’d like to ask Mr. Rucker exactly how much MORE should Texas Taxpayers pay to do the job of the federal government? He suggested that border states have “feckless” policies that allow illegal immigration. Texas has the longest border, so he must have been referencing Texas.
HOW MUCH MORE MONEY SHOULD TEXAS TAXPAYERS PAY?!?!?!?!
Arizona, actually.
Well, from what I’ve seen occur since the slime bag know as (president)took over the white house.
Americans must be stupid to allow this dangerous farce to continue.
The country is literally swirling around the toilet bowl and about to be flushed away.
Good luck America, because you are truly going to need it.
That narcissistic gaffing Moron doesn’t know where he is, what day it is, or what his handlers told him to do.