As we reported earlier, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser was begging for National Guard help “indefinitely” to deal with what she was calling a “humanitarian crisis” of having to deal with 4,000 illegal aliens coming into her city.
Bowser was inundated with responses, with some of the most pointed ones coming from the folks who have had to deal with this issue for years in places like Texas and Arizona where they get more than 4,000 in a day flooding into their cities. But once it affects her, then suddenly it’s a humanitarian crisis? Arizona got more than ten times that in June alone, according to GOP Gov. Doug Ducey.
So, Fox’s Peter Doocy asks White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre about the request for National Guard help from Bowser.
Karine Jean-Pierre: "Republicans are using migrants who are coming here for, who knows, because they are dealing with humanitarian issues back in their country. They're coming here for a better life and they are being used."
Doocy suggests that Biden close the border. pic.twitter.com/xA9wwUE70R
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) July 28, 2022
First, KJP says that she would refer Doocy to the Department of Defense, evading the question. She claims that they had been in regular touch with Bowser — it’s not clear if that’s true, as Bowser has made requests that have gone unanswered, according to NBC.
Jean-Pierre then claims that what Texas and Arizona were doing was “shameful and wrong.” Why is it wrong if they bus people up to D.C., when the federal government is shipping them to other cities? Is she saying what the Biden Administration is doing is “shameful and wrong”?
Doocy boils it down to the reality, stating it was “the White House’s preference would be for small towns in Texas and Arizona to take care of these migrants,” rather than a large metropolitan area like D.C.
That’s the real truth here. That ticked off Jean-Pierre. She got mad, calling it a “political ploy” by Republicans. But why? How is it a political ploy to share the wealth? Isn’t every city supposed to welcome illegal aliens? That’s what Democrats would have us believe — until it hits them right where they live, literally — then it’s a “political ploy.” How is the whole flood that the Democrats are allowing across the border not a “political ploy”?
“Who knows why they are here,” she said. They’re here because Joe Biden let them in and is doing nothing to stop them.
How is it a political ploy, when Bowser asked for it, with D.C. being a sanctuary city?
“Washington, DC is a sanctuary city. We protect the rights and humanity of all our residents, and our #DCValues and our local culture are guided by a celebration of diversity and inclusivity." #thread
See full statement below ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/5a2FcRvVrK
— Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) July 18, 2018
If Biden and the Democrats truly cared about the law or Americans, the simple answer would be to secure the border and enforce the law. That solves all the issues. But, they don’t want to do that.
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