"As the headline of Carl Hulse’s analysis in the New York Times puts it: 'On the Border, Republicans Set a Trap, Then Fell Into It.'
In a speech at the White House today, President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass the bill. He thanked the negotiators who have worked so hard on it, and blamed Trump for shooting it down."
"Trump has been working the phones, calling Republican lawmakers to 'threaten them and try to intimidate them to vote against this proposal,' Biden said. 'And it looks like they’re caving.'
Biden pointed out that 'everyone from the Wall Street Journal to the Border Patrol [Union] to the…United States Chamber of Commerce support[s] this bill,' and that the Border Patrol Union endorsed Trump in 2020."
"None of this [dysfunction] is new information. The GOP isn’t in Washington, D.C. to solve anything. They’re there to literally bring the federal government to its knees until it can be turned into an engine for authoritarian intent. They’re not there to address any issues, especially if it’s during a Democratic presidency."