Things started off poorly when Biden chose Brownsville for his supposedly significant speech on the border crisis, unlike Trump, who opted for Eagle Pass, providing a more accurate representation of the border's current state. His second misstep was shifting much of the blame onto Trump, and finally, Biden's evident mental decline turned the entire affair into a complete joke.
So it's hardly surprising that the National Border Patrol Council posted a rather embarrassing photo of Biden lounging on the beach, looking half-dead, with a message that mercilessly ridiculed the president and his futile attempts to address the southern border crisis.
Board AF1, take nap.
— Border Patrol Union - NBPC (@BPUnion) March 2, 2024
Wake up in place called Brownsville.
Read large teleprompter message, "It's all Trump's fault".
Board AF1, ask who people in green uniforms were, told they "strap" illegal aliens, express horror, take nap.
Wake up, call a lid, hit beach, take nap. pic.twitter.com/exvsDieaVW
Clearly, not only have a majority of Americans lost respect for Biden (or never had it in the first place), but now he's surely lost the faith of our Border Patrol agents as well. What an absolute mess.
From The Daily Wire:
The National Border Patrol Council, which represents around 18,000 Border Patrol agents and support personnel assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol, has endorsed Trump in the past. It has also been very critical of Biden and his administration over border security.
“Dear Joe, You OWN this catastrophic disaster at the border – lock, stock and barrel. You created it. You nursed it along. You encouraged it. You facilitated it. It’s all yours. Don’t run from it now like a coward. Signed, The BP agents you’ve thrown under the bus,” the union said in a post to X last month.
Biden traveled to Brownsville, Texas, on Thursday, where he visited a Border Patrol Station.
After receiving an operational briefing, Biden delivered remarks in which he said the Border Patrol, as well as immigration and enforcement and asylum officers, were “all doing incredible work under really tough conditions.”
Biden also delivered a message to Trump, who visited Eagle Pass, Texas, roughly 300 miles away on the same day and, like Biden, is running for a second term in the White House in this year’s election.
“Here’s what I would say to Mr. Trump: Instead of playing politics with the issue, instead of telling members of Congress to block this legislation, join me — or I’ll join you — in telling the Congress to pass this bipartisan border security bill. We can do it together,” Biden said.
“You know and I know it’s the toughest, most efficient, most effective border security bill this country has ever seen,” he added. “So, instead of playing politics with the issue, why don’t we just get together and get it done?”
The Senate immigration reform deal, which failed to pass out of the upper chamber amid broadsides by Trump, had been endorsed by the National Border Patrol Council.
