At a press conference today, McConnell weighed in on Trump’s threat to close the border.
When asked if Congress could do anything in response if Trump closed the border, McConnell simply acknowledged the crisis but suggested that Trump shouldn’t close down the border because of the potentially “catastrophic economic impact”.
Watch:
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says "we certainly have a crisis on the border," but "closing down the border would have potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country and I would hope we would not be doing that sort of thing" https://t.co/FkycYYHDz5 pic.twitter.com/u80W53vmgs
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 2, 2019
McConnell says he completely agrees that there’s a crisis on the border, but then suggests closing down the border is a terrible idea and that Trump shouldn’t do it:
“Closing down the border would have potentially catastrophic economic impact on our country and I would hope we would not be doing that sort of thing.”
Way to have the president’s back…
Seriously, instead of undermining Trump, McConnell should have put the onus on Democrats to fix our immigration laws if they don’t want the border closed, acknowledging that even though it’s not something he’d like to see, the president has to deal with this unprecedented crisis.
Rather, he throws Trump under the bus. This is why it’s so hard for Republicans to win.