A House Republican told reporters that the reason they are blocking a bill to help with the border is because it will keep Biden’s approval rating low.
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GOP Rep. Troy Nehls says supporting a Senate border deal now would help Joe Biden’s approval ratings.
“Why would we do anything right now to help him with that 33%?” pic.twitter.com/irt8VJ7Urh
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 1, 2024
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) told CNN, “Why would we do anything right now to help her with that 33%? Do you think that if Joe Biden’s approval rating was at 53%, we would even be talking about the border? We won’t talk about the southern border, but he has to do something because he’s bleeding. He’s bleeding. So what he’s going to try to do is try to get a bipartisan border security plan through the Senate.”
House Republicans admit the “border crisis” isn’t really about borders. The border crisis is an attempt to keep President Biden’s approval rating low so that the GOP has a better chance of winning the November election.
Republicans see the border law as nothing more than politics. The motivation to pass the law because it might be good for the country, which would make it beneficial for them, does not exist.
House Republicans are willing to damage America to dent Joe Biden’s approval rating, as they seem to have forgotten that they are paid to govern and not to use Congress as an electoral platform.
Republicans reportedly got everything they wanted in the border bill and still said no, because the border is really about Biden.
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