Republican's border wall couldn't even withstand WIND, Karine Jean-Pierre says trends now
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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tried her hand Monday at attacking the House Republican and former President Trump's border wall – on a day when the feds are preparing for an even greater crush of migrants at the southern border.
Jean-Pierre tied together White House attacks on the House GOP budget, on the eve of President Joe Biden's meeting with Republican leaders and a looming debt ceiling deadline that has raised the specter of default.
With that potential crisis looming, she recycled earlier White House Office of Management Budget warnings that the House GOP budget would lead to cuts in U.S. Border Patrol agents.
'Earlier this month, House Republicans voted to fire 2000 Border Patrol patrol agents, and this week, they're taking up a bill that would once again demonstrate that House Republicans are more interested in campaigning on immigration, that's actually solving it,' she said.
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre took on Donald Trump's border wall and a House GOP budget bill Monday, days before Title 42 border restrictions are set to end
Biden is set to sit down with congressional leaders about the budget on Tuesday at 4 pm, just as financial markets close – with few signs that the two sides are moving any closer together.
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