A.G. Gancarski
The inauguration of Democratic President Joe Biden seems to have exacerbated an influx of foreign nationals from the Mexican border, and Republicans certainly notice.
Among them is Sen. Marco Rubio. The second-term Miami lawmaker lambasted Biden on Twitter Wednesday morning.
“Joe Biden is putting kids in cages,” Rubio tweeted, highlighting a PBS Newshour segment about how hundreds of children have been detained longer than 10 days, well past the 72-hour limit.
The “kids in cages” line was a reference to how Democrats blamed President Donald Trump for keeping children locked up longer than the law allows. Republicans sense an irony in a recurrence of a similar policy.
The kids in cages tweet was the centerpiece of a three-tweet indictment of the Biden administration.
He started off hot.
“The growing #BorderCrisis is a humanitarian calamity caused entirely by President Biden’s words & actions,” Rubio asserted. “And it is going to get even worse.”
Rubio closed with a bit of aloe, perhaps to ameliorate his words being taken too harshly. The punctuation choices here, or lack there of, are the Senator’s own.
“The human beings showing up at our border fleeing violence & poverty in Central America, instability in Haiti & tyranny in Cuba are worthy of sympathy & dignity But encouraging people to come this way is reckless And encouraging them to bring children is cruel,” Rubio asserted.
Rubio’s Florida colleague, Sen. Rick Scott, is also scoring rhetorical points about Biden’s failure to follow through on campaign promises on border security.
“It’s shocking the Biden administration won’t acknowledge there is a crisis that he created. This wasn’t happening before the election and it’s happening now. They are shutting down all the ICE facilities, this is crazy what they are doing. Open the borders, close the schools, it makes zero sense to the American public. I hope the President starts focusing on immigration and starts listening to what’s going on at the border,” Scott asserted on Fox News Monday.
“We have so many unaccompanied minors, and it’s all a result of President Biden saying, ‘Come on down and come across our border.’ Look at the human toll. It’s not good for anyone in the entire country. Think of our border communities. They’ve been overrun by illegal immigrants. We want immigration. I’m from an immigration state, but it’s got to be legal immigration.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis has also flogged the “disastrous” Biden border policy.
“Biden’s going in the absolutely wrong direction,” DeSantis said. “Trump had it right at the border, Biden’s got it wrong.”
5 comments
Tjb
March 17, 2021 at 10:05 am
Marco, let’s get this straight, President Biden is not encouraging people to come across the border illegally. Just think if your parents were attempting to enter the USA from Cuba. We would send them back to Cuba to the unwelcoming arms of communism and desperation.
Ann
March 18, 2021 at 8:13 am
Mr Rubio has it right. The border had been contained prior to Biden coming into office. The wall was making progress and the people who have homes on the border line were FINALLY FEELING SAFE! How would you feel living there? Comfortable living miles away I’m sure. The sad part is “ this isn’t Biden” it’s others manipulating the situation because he can’t. Drug numbers were down and the housing facility was pretty empty.
Frankie M.
March 17, 2021 at 12:17 pm
Methinks thou dost project too much. Next thing you know he’s gonna blame Joe for Donnie getting himself banned on social media.
James Robert Miles
March 17, 2021 at 1:25 pm
Marco just loves to hear himself talk cause that is ALL THAT HE DOES to earn his Senate salary. What he has to say totally does NOT matter!
Sonja Fitch
March 17, 2021 at 3:28 pm
Omg little Marco is trying to do ???????? What???? Stfu. Vote Democrat up and down ballot for the elections in 2021!
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