Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said Monday that President Biden’s border policy is the “greatest harm ever done intentionally to the United States by any president.”
Good, the newly elected chair of the House Freedom Caucus, made the remarks during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” when host Blake Burman mentioned fellow Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) recent comments in which she called Good a “traitor” for endorsing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for president and not showing loyalty to former President Trump.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene is upset because Kevin McCarthy got removed from the Speaker position; she backed him unconditionally. She’s upset because she got kicked out of the Freedom Caucus,” Good told Burman.
“But the bottom line is President Trump did a great job on immigration, did a great job on the border. Gov. DeSantis did a great job in Florida, trying to fight … to that effect, sending National Guard troops to the border, busing illegals out of his state up into the northern states where they’ve said they want to be sanctuary states and sanctuary cities,” Good added.
“Both would be a tremendous improvement over this current border invasion facilitated by this president. This is the greatest harm ever done intentionally to the United States by any president in our history.”
Border security remains a central issue between the White House and the Senate as the upper chamber is vying to strike a potential deal that would send aid to Ukraine, Israel and implement border security measures.
The White House last month proposed a roughly $106 billion national security supplemental funding request that included money for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan as well as humanitarian aid and border security measures.
Republican lawmakers have shared their opposition to the proposed supplement deal, arguing border security measures need to be stricter if paired with aid for Ukraine and Israel.
Good, while expressing his concern with Senate delay on the proposed deal, also urged the Senate to pass the Secure the Border Act of 2023, adding that they’re not going to consider “phony, pretend, weak, milquetoast, watered-down” border security proposals.
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