Paul Ryan Accuses Democrats Of Caring More About Open Borders Than Kids [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
06/21/2018 01:57 pm ET
It was very Trumpian.
By Elise Foley
Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) suggested Thursday that Democrats don’t care that much about the plight of immigrant families at the border, taking a page straight from the playbook of President Donald Trump.
“I’m beginning to think that the Democrats who make this alternative argument are less interested in keeping families intact and more interested in having open borders,” Ryan said at a press conference.
“And the last thing we want to do is have an incentive for illegal immigration and open borders. We want to keep families intact and enforce our laws and secure our border,” he continued, adding that drugs coming across the border contribute to the opioid crisis.
Politicians from both parties routinely accuse one another of caring more about politics than issues. But Ryan’s comments were inaccurate ― Democrats are not pushing for open borders ― and they were a milder version of Trump’s message. Anyone who opposes the president’s immigration views, according to Ryan and Trump, is a willing enabler or even supporter of illegal border crossings and drugs coming in from Mexico.
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