Political Quotes

“I appreciate my friend and colleague, the Senator from Alabama, for leading this discussion today. This is an important one to have. And I am honored to be here to be part of it. You know, the situation at the border, across our southern border, is, by any standard, a humanitarian crisis and nothing short of that. Vice President Kamala Harris, appointed by President Biden as his border czar, publicly declared that she would focus as border czar on addressing the root causes of immigration. However, now that Kamala Harris is the Democrats' nominee for the Presidency, she and the legacy media want to pretend that was never the case. Axios even reported that Vice President Kamala Harris ``never actually had''--that is a direct quote--``never actually had'' the title of border czar. That is funny because that is a claim that contradicts the reporting that we have seen from Axios itself on this. In fact, we can see that right here in this chart. On April 14, 2021, Axios reported that ``Harris, [who had been] appointed by [President] Biden as border czar, said she would be looking for the `root causes' that drive migration.'' Moreover, a tweet from her official Twitter handle further emphasized her role: @POTUS asked me to lead our diplomatic work with Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. To address the situation at the southern border, we have to address the root causes of migration. It won't be easy work--but it's necessary. I agree; it is necessary.…”