GOP senator says Biden border proposal will hurt him with Democrats

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said President Biden’s anticipated border proposal this week could end up hurting him with Democrats.

Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would give the administration additional authority to limit the number of migrants coming across the southern border. Cramer suggested Monday that Biden is only taking action on the border because it is an issue that voters are concerned about.

“And then suddenly the last five months before an election, he decides he’s got the power to do something about it now. He’s irredeemable on this topic, and frankly, I think he’s gonna irritate his base a lot more than he does any good for himself,” Cramer said Monday on “The Hill on NewsNation.”

Cramer said Biden “sees he’s in a lot of trouble, and the number one concern for the American people is the border crisis.” He also said the executive order “is an admission that he could have done something about it all along.”

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The White House has pressed Senate Democrats to support its border security bill last month after Republicans first blocked the measure earlier this year. But the Senate voted down the bill last month, marking the second time in months that the bill failed to clear the upper chamber.

Republicans torpedoed the effort earlier this year to pass a national security bill that would have provided provisions for the border. Democrats and the White House have criticized GOP lawmakers for not voting for the measure earlier this year after former President Trump expressed his opposition to it.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Sunday that Biden’s expected executive order was “too little too late.”

The Hill has reached out to the Biden campaign and the White House for comment.