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Todd Young: President Biden is spending his final days in office on a valedictory tour. Now, here is one accomplishment he won't…

On the recordJanuary 15, 2025
President Biden is spending his final days in office on a valedictory tour. Now, here is one accomplishment he won't mention: a crisis on our southern border which has spread chaos across our country, flooded our communities with fentanyl, and cost innocent American lives. Now, it is correct to call this one of President Biden's ``accomplishments.'' He intentionally reversed the Trump administration's border policies as soon as he reached the Oval Office, and it was by design--by design--that millions of migrants who illegally crossed our southern border were released into our country. This self-inflicted disaster will be a major part of President Biden's ignominious legacy, and it is, in part, why Americans chose to return President Trump to office in November. When the American people voted for a Republican President and a Republican Congress, they were voting to restore the rule of law at the border. They were demanding that their government fulfill its constitutionally delegated duty to provide for their national security. They were demanding that their government do that, and they were arguing, correctly, that it is not discrimination for a nation to demand that those who seek to call it home do so legally. The American people want the return of commonsense immigration policy; that is all. That is what I hear back home. But you see, this wasn't possible under President Biden. Beginning next week, we will have a new President, and there will be no excuses.…
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Todd Young
Republican · Indiana
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Jan 15, 2025

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