When we were at the Yuma border a year ago we talked to a group of rank and file Border Patrol agents and one thing I said is, look, we are the Congress. We cannot enforce the laws. We write laws so what laws do you need us to write?
McClintock emphasizes Congress's role in law-making for border enforcement.
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Of course, the leftist lawfare didn't start here. I think it started when the Democrats used the IRS to target Tea Party volunteers for harassment and intimidation in advance of the 2012 Presidential election.
The Chief of the Border Patrol told us at Eagle Pass that he says, I am standing in front of an open fire hydrant with a bucket. I do not need more buckets. I need somebody to shut off the fire hydrant.
These agencies use their powers to legitimize it, to authorize spying on the Trump campaign.
It's not the 'Great Replacement' theory; this is the definition of the 'Great Replacement' fact.
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