Democrats claimed the border couldn’t be closed without Congress—until Biden quietly did it, exposing years of political deception.
Here’s one for the ages: during the 2024 presidential campaign, Democrats told the American people that the border couldn’t be closed without legislation and that candidate Donald Trump had directed the Republicans in Congress not to vote for a bill that purported to shut the border. Was that claim stupid or evil? It was certainly nonsense. What was going on?
Two things, of course. First, the Democrats were simply lying to the American people (claiming that any bill was necessary)—but there was nothing new in that. They had lied repeatedly:
- They lied during Trump’s first term about the Russia collusion connection with the Trump campaign. It was a complete lie, and they all knew it. The goal was to paralyze the duly elected president of the United States.
- They lied about the Hunter Biden laptop during the 2020 campaign. We know that now—there’s no guessing involved. They knew the laptop was real, but they lied about it, and lied, and lied in order to bamboozle the voters into voting against Trump.
- They lied for years about President Biden’s mental capabilities. According to the AP, “a former White House insider has admitted that officials ‘gaslit’ [i.e., deliberately attempted to fool] the public over concerns about Joe Biden’s age and cognitive function.” They stopped only after the Trump-Biden debate, when the American people saw with their own eyes how feeble and mentally incompetent Biden actually was.
And then they had the nerve to lecture America on the danger Trump presented to the country! You can’t make this stuff up.
But back to the border, which is now essentially closed (in case you’ve been secluded in a monastery for the last six weeks praying . . . for a secure border).
Remember: It couldn’t be done without legislation!
But—surprise, surprise—the border is now essentially closed, without the help of Congress. According to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, only 200 illegals were encountered at the southern border on February 22, down from nearly 30,000(!) in January.
And the American people are happy with the result of Trump’s policy. On immigration, 56 percent approve of Trump, while Biden was at only 34 percent. Eighty-one percent support “deporting immigrants who are here illegally and have committed crimes.” Seventy-six percent support “closing the border with added security and policies that discourage illegal crossings.”
So which was it? Were the Democrats who said it couldn’t be done without legislation stupid or evil?
Don’t rule out both.